英语词汇“to cut the ground from under one”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. The portion of the earth's surface on which a person or thing stands or moves; often figurative in to cut the ground from under one (or one's feet).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > on which one stands

groundc1530

sod1691

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)] > defeat completely

to break one's back or neck1579

to be too many for1692

to do for ——1740

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

to fix (another's) flint1836

to cut the ground from under one (or one's feet)1855

c1530 Interl. Beauties Women A vi Yet worship I the ground that thou gost on.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. i. 5 I took all possible pains to feel the ground under my feet, and to study the characters of the whole household.

1855 A. Trollope Warden xi. 183 The ground was cut from under her on every side.

1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. lxiii. 115 Why should you have cut the ground away from your feet in that way?

1938 B. Lunn in ‘H. Kingsmill’ Eng. Genius 205 The Presbyterian divines were maddened by answers which cut the ground from institutional religion.

1962 Christian Cent. 18 July 886/2 In short, Veterum Sapientia has actually succeeded in cutting the ground from under the feet of the exponents of a living liturgy.

单词	to cut the ground from under one
释义	> as lemmas to cut the ground from under one (or one's feet) d. The portion of the earth's surface on which a person or thing stands or moves; often figurative in to cut the ground from under one (or one's feet). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > on which one stands groundc1530 sod1691 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)] > defeat completely to break one's back or neck1579 to be too many for1692 to do for ——1740 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 to fix (another's) flint1836 to cut the ground from under one (or one's feet)1855 c1530 Interl. Beauties Women A vi Yet worship I the ground that thou gost on. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. i. 5 I took all possible pains to feel the ground under my feet, and to study the characters of the whole household. 1855 A. Trollope Warden xi. 183 The ground was cut from under her on every side. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. lxiii. 115 Why should you have cut the ground away from your feet in that way? 1938 B. Lunn in ‘H. Kingsmill’ Eng. Genius 205 The Presbyterian divines were maddened by answers which cut the ground from institutional religion. 1962 Christian Cent. 18 July 886/2 In short, Veterum Sapientia has actually succeeded in cutting the ground from under the feet of the exponents of a living liturgy. extracted from groundn. < as lemmas
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