单词 | to cut one's own throat |
释义 | > as lemmasto cut one's own throat a. to cut the throat of: to ruin; to bring about the defeat or downfall of; to put an end to. Similarly to cut one's own throat: to be the means of one's own defeat or downfall; to act in a way which will ultimately harm one's own interests. Also to cut one another's throats: to try to bring about one another's downfall; to work against one another.In later use esp. with reference to ruthless competition in business, commerce, etc. Cf. cut-throat n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > destroy oneself to cut one's own throat1565 auto-destruct1963 self-destruct1968 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > annihilate or blot out of existence dilghec897 defacec1386 annul1395 anientec1400 refer?c1400 extinct1484 annihil1490 delete1495 out-terma1500 perspoil1523 extaintc1540 extinguish1555 blot1561 wipe1564 to cut the throat of1565 annihilate1567 dissipatea1575 annihilate1586 nullify1609 nullize1615 expunge1628 nothing1637 null1647 extramund1654 be-nothing1674 erase1728 obliterate1798 simoom1821 to tear to shreds1837 snuff1852 mop1859 to take out1900 napoo1915 naught1958 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > be greatly or desperately at variance to cut one another's throats1685 1565 T. Stapleton tr. F. Staphylus Apologie 206 His contradiction shall serue vs, as a most stronge weapon to ouerthrow his doctrine layde in against vs: for thus he him self shal cut [h] is owne throte, condemne and confute his owne sayengs. 1579 J. Harmar tr. J. Calvin Serm. X. Commandementes x. f. 74v Whereas rich men thinke that they haue made great gaine by the losse of an other, let vs knowe that they haue cutte the throte of poore men. 1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 111 That..cuts the throat of your solution. 1685 Duke of Buckingham Short Disc. Reasonableness Men's Relig. 21 Perpetually quarrelling amongst themselves, and cutting one another's Throats. a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 7 This interlocutor..knocked his cause..in the head, and cutted its throat. 1787 J. Wesley Let. 21 Apr. (1931) VII. 380 This is very likely to be done by his still preaching too loud or too long, which is a sure way of cutting his own throat. 1824 L. Stanhope Greece 15 Generals..who cut their own throats by word of command. 1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 197 Here is a low political economy plotting to cut the throat of foreign competition. 1909 Eton College Chron. 18 Mar. 450/2 He has cut his own throat by letting fanaticism get the better of him. 1960 Times 15 Mar. 4/4 The larger farming members coming into egg production were cutting the throats of the small producers. 2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Apr. c10 Brutal competition from competitors cutting one another's throats on business fares. < as lemmas |
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