| 单词 | the other side of the hill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe other side of the hill b. the other side of the hill and variants. extracted from siden.1 (a) The latter part of life; old or middle age. Cf. over the hill at hill n. 1e. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [noun] eld971 old agec1330 agec1380 last agea1382 oldc1385 aldereldea1400 winterc1425 vilessec1430 annosityc1450 senectute1481 the black ox1546 golden years1559 years1561 great1587 afterlife1589 setting sun1597 antiquity1600 chair-daysa1616 the vale of yearsa1616 grandevity1623 green old age1634 eldship1647 senioritya1688 the other side of the hill1691 the decline of life1711 senectude1756 senility1791 senectitude1796 post-climacteric1826 Anno Domini1885 senium1911 golden age1946 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers 17 Tho she is declining, she is but a little on the other side of the Hill, and looks well and lusty. 1898 J. Paton Castlebraes iii. 68 The tender and true affection that leads them on and on, down the other side of Life's Hill. 1957 C. Smith Case of Torches i. 5 I had to go through a lot of badinage..about..how old I was getting and what it was like on the other side of the hill. 2005 Independent 17 Aug. (Features section) 34 At 54 years old, Seymour shows that the other side of the hill need not be so bad. (b) Those aspects of a situation which are unknown at present; (Military) the enemy position or activities. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [noun] > instance of terra incognita1616 indeterminable1646 X1808 unknown1829 incognita1846 the other side of the hill1852 terra ignotaa1925 another country1952 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > enemy position or activities the other side of the hill1960 1852 Duke of Wellington in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxviii. 275 We amused ourselves by guessing what sort of a country we should find at the other side of the hills we drove up... When I expressed surprise at some extraordinary good guesses he [sc. Croker] had made, he said, ‘Why, I have spent all my life in trying to guess what was at the other side of the hill.’ 1888 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 Nov. 690/2 When that trustee made the kindly mistake of becoming a trustee at all, could he have conjectured what was on ‘the other side of the hill?’ 1926 C. B. Waterlow in H. Golding Wonder Bk. of Motors 12 It is not only what is on the other side of the hill that matters, but everything along the road. 1960 G. Martelli Agent Extraordinary 15 I..wish..to express my gratitude..to [the]..technical director of the flying bomb sites..for allowing me a glimpse of the ‘other side of the hill’. 1978 Times 30 Jan. 13/2 Mr Peyton..began to argue for a revalued green pound... He..correctly read what was on the other side of the hill (that is, the Government itself would soon have to revalue). 1981 Ld. Chalfont in B. Netanyāhû Internat. Terrorism (1989) 81 In any military operation, accurate intelligence—the ability to see what is ‘on the other side of the hill’—is of crucial importance. Without it commanders are blind. 2006 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. I've always been attracted by the unknown. I've always wanted to see what lies on the other side of that hill. < as lemmas |
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