单词 | shame to or on! |
释义 | > as lemmasshame to or on..! a. In ejaculatory formulae of imprecation or indignant disapproval, as (a) shame (or †a shame) betide (take, etc.)..!; (b) shame to or on..!; (c) (the) more shame for..; (d) shame! simply. Also for shame! (see Phrases 6b); (e) used simply in South African English, as an expression of sympathy or pleasure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > exclamation of pleasure [interjection] shamea1352 yo-hah1744 hully gee1895 yummy1899 hot dog1906 hot diggety dog1923 how about that?1939 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > expressions of disapproval [phrase] shamea1352 I like that1720 to go up (also down) one1909 it's (just) not on1935 a bit off1966 the mind > emotion > compassion > expression of pity [interjection] > expression of sympathy shamea1352 (a) (b)a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 167 Now shame vpon you where she does or no. View more context for this quotation1743 A. Pope Dunciad (rev. ed.) i. 113 Now (shame to Fortune!) an ill Run at Play Blank'd his bold visage.1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci v. ii. 86 Shame on these tears!1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xv It can't be expected, and no shame to them!(c)a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 130 The more shame for him, that he sends it me. View more context for this quotation1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vi. §16 Did they not? the more shame for them: and if they did, the more shame for this great Rabbi thus to belie them.1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 56 ‘Ah! true! more shame for him,’ thought Walter.(d)a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 65 Shame it selfe, Why do you make such faces? View more context for this quotation1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 21. ⁋13 The whole Town cries out, Shame! That one of his Coat should be such an Atheist?1838 M. Howitt Birds & Flowers 64 Oh, shame, that ever it hath been said, That bloody war is a glorious trade!1848 Times 14 Nov. 5/2 A great many voices cried out ‘Shame! shame!’1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Jan. 5/1 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's proposal..elicited cries of ‘Shame!’ from the Irish benches.(e)1932 Grocott's Daily Mail (Grahamstown, S. Afr.) 9 Jan. 3 During the address of our local dairy representatives..I heard several murmurs of Oh! and Shame! and grant the statements were given in a manner that commanded much sympathy.1952 N. Gordimer Soft Voice of Serpent (1953) i. 6 ‘Shame, isn't he a funny old man,’ she said.1976 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 14 Nov. Oh, look, look!..those foals. Oh, shame, aren't they sweet.a1352 L. Minot Poems (1914) ii. 12 Schame bityde þe Skottes for þai er full of gile. c1400 Rom. Rose 4267 God yeve him shame! 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 968 Shame come to him that is the cause thereof. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. i. 307 Then a shame take all. < as lemmas |
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