英语词汇“root hog or die”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

North American. root hog or die (and variants): (usually addressed to a person) to work hard or suffer the consequences; also attributive, designating an attitude accepting of, or situation characterized by, the necessity of labour.Although usually considered as a vocative noun, hog is occasionally interpreted as a verb (as in quots. 1904 and 1931); cf. hog v.¹

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > implying the necessity of exertion

root hog or die1828

1828 Delaware Advertiser & Farmer's Jrnl. 18 Dec. 2/2 A quizzical youth of diminutive size..threw himself on his hands and feet, and rushed through the legs of his comrades exclaiming ‘root, little hog, or die’.

1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life viii. 60 We therefore determined to go on the old saying, root hog or die.

1857 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Patent Serm. III. 195 Obliged to go upon the root-hog-or-die principle.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxv. 150 The ‘root-hog-or-die’ policy.

1904 N.Y. Evening Post 20 Aug. 4 ‘The school and college’, explained plains President Eliot, ‘cannot use the method of Nature—root, hog, or die.’

1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. i. 37 At the beginning of most settlements it was ‘root, hog, or die’ for all.

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 June 41/6 Many of that generation, however, no longer put up with that root-hog-or-die kind of motivation.

2000 S. Dallas Alice's Tulips 209 We have to protect what we get, even from our friends, for a hungry soldier will steal anything. So it is root hog or die.

单词	root hog or die
释义	> as lemmas root hog or die North American. root hog or die (and variants): (usually addressed to a person) to work hard or suffer the consequences; also attributive, designating an attitude accepting of, or situation characterized by, the necessity of labour.Although usually considered as a vocative noun, hog is occasionally interpreted as a verb (as in quots. 1904 and 1931); cf. hog v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > implying the necessity of exertion root hog or die1828 1828 Delaware Advertiser & Farmer's Jrnl. 18 Dec. 2/2 A quizzical youth of diminutive size..threw himself on his hands and feet, and rushed through the legs of his comrades exclaiming ‘root, little hog, or die’. 1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life viii. 60 We therefore determined to go on the old saying, root hog or die. 1857 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Patent Serm. III. 195 Obliged to go upon the root-hog-or-die principle. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxv. 150 The ‘root-hog-or-die’ policy. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 20 Aug. 4 ‘The school and college’, explained plains President Eliot, ‘cannot use the method of Nature—root, hog, or die.’ 1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. i. 37 At the beginning of most settlements it was ‘root, hog, or die’ for all. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 June 41/6 Many of that generation, however, no longer put up with that root-hog-or-die kind of motivation. 2000 S. Dallas Alice's Tulips 209 We have to protect what we get, even from our friends, for a hungry soldier will steal anything. So it is root hog or die. extracted from rootv.² < as lemmas
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