| 单词 | to be kicked upstairs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be kicked upstairs b. To drive forcibly and contemptuously; to drive or force (out of, into, etc.). to kick downstairs, to turn out, eject unceremoniously or ignominiously; hence, jocularly, to be kicked upstairs, to be removed from the scene of action by promotion to an ostensibly higher post; also, to kick (someone) upstairs. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates > forcibly or unceremoniously jostle1602 huddle1649 kick1678 society > occupation and work > working > career > have career [verb (transitive)] > promote or upgrade advancec1300 promote1402 to kick (someone) upstairs1678 upgrade1920 to bump up1957 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [verb (transitive)] > raise in prosperity, power, or rank > advance or promote (a person) advancec1300 vaunce1303 before-seta1382 profera1400 promote1402 prefer1548 engrace1610 to kick (someone) upstairs1678 rocket1931 up1945 fast-track1977 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > forcibly or ignominiously eject1555 rumble1570 obtrude1595 to show (a person) the door1638 to kick downstairs1678 to kick out1697 drum1720 firk1823 to chuck out1869 bounce1877 boot1880 out-kick1883 turf1888 hoof1893 hound1922 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery in Wks. (1776) I. 643 In this manner they [the Parliament] were kickt from adjournment to adjournment. 1685 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 133 Musae repudiatae, ‘Muses kickt downe staires’. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Suppl. to Hist. Own Time (1902) i. 145 He [sc. Halifax] had said he had known many kicked down stairs, but he never knew any kicked up stairs before. c1728 Earl of Ailesbury Mem. (1890) 640 Forgetting, like good Christians..their kicking us out of the pepper trade in the Indies. 1750 Countess of Shaftesbury Let. 28 Nov. in Earl of Malmesbury Lett. (1870) I. 78 The Bedfordian set will be honourably kicked up or down stairs. 1809 J. Quincy Life 19 Jan. 175 To use a strong but common expression, it [the majority in Congress] could not be kicked into such a declaration [of war] by either nation. 1821 J. W. Croker Diary 31 May in Croker Papers (1884) I. vii. 186 Lord Melville informs me that he is about to be kicked upstairs (his expression) to be Secretary of State for the Home Department. 1834 J. Halley in Life (1842) 21 The Faculty..kicked us out of college. 1952 ‘W. Cooper’ Struggles of Albert Woods iii. v. 197 The plot was devastatingly simple—Dibdin was to be kicked upstairs and Albert was to take his place. 1962 R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization 27 Kicking the bosses upstairs—high out of the way. 1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway vii. 78 I got eventually kicked upstairs to Paddington. 1970 Guardian 11 Nov. 20/6 Which party has kicked more people upstairs? < as lemmas |
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