单词 | to be down in the back |
释义 | > as lemmasto be down in the (also one's) back (also arms, legs, etc.) P6. U.S. colloquial. to be down in the (also one's) back (also arms, legs, etc.): to be in poor health; esp. to be suffering from pain in the specified part of the body. ΚΠ 1907 H. B. Wright Shepherd of Hills i. 17 Pap he's down in th' back now, an' ain't right peart. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 447/1 Ill or in poor health. ‘I'm down in the middles’. 1954 Harder Coll. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1991) II. 164/1 Down in (his) back (legs, arms, kidneys, etc.) Weak (in some part of the body). 1978 E. G. Massey Bittersweet Country 206 My father has been down in his back all week. 2018 @nitrodanielle 12 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Hes [sic] so down in his back neighbor had to come help him off the couch. < as lemmas |
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