英语词汇“to break shins”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to break shins (slang): to borrow money.

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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)]

borrowa1000

strike1618

to break shins1699

to raise the wind1722

shin1855

bot1930

1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xii. f. 45 Whereupon he praued, or beat out of their shinnes 7000. rubbels for a mulct.

1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London i. sig. C1 The Russians haue an excellent custome: they beate them on the shinnes, that haue mony, and will not pay their debts.]

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Breaking Shins, borrowing of Money.1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 227. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 632 In financial slang, Americans use the verb to shin simply, where the English use to break shins, to denote a desperate effort to procure money in an emergency by running about to friends and acquaintances.

单词	to break shins
释义	> as lemmas to break shins d. to break shins (slang): to borrow money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)] borrowa1000 strike1618 to break shins1699 to raise the wind1722 shin1855 bot1930 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xii. f. 45 Whereupon he praued, or beat out of their shinnes 7000. rubbels for a mulct. 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London i. sig. C1 The Russians haue an excellent custome: they beate them on the shinnes, that haue mony, and will not pay their debts.] 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Breaking Shins, borrowing of Money.1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 227. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 632 In financial slang, Americans use the verb to shin simply, where the English use to break shins, to denote a desperate effort to procure money in an emergency by running about to friends and acquaintances. extracted from shinn.¹ < as lemmas
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