| 单词 | to catch a tartar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto catch a Tartar 4. Phrase: to catch a Tartar: to get hold of one who can neither be controlled nor got quit of; to tackle one who unexpectedly proves to be too formidable. Also in allusive expressions. ΚΠ 1674 S. Butler Hudibras (new ed.) i. iii. 175 Now thou hast got me for a Tartar, To make m 'gainst my will take quarter. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 62 What a Tartar have I caught! 1690 J. Mackenzie Siege London-derry 39/2 As it happily fell out, they Catcht a Tartar. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 96 I rather hug'd my self that I had let my Tartar go. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 281 Tell him, if he try, he may catch a Tartar. 1725 New Canting Dict. (at cited word) To catch a Tartar, is said, among the Canting Varlets, when a Rogue attacks one that he thinks a Passenger, but proves to be of this Class.., who, in his Turn,..robs,..and binds him. 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors vi. 100 Many an old whaler..has been compelled to give in as beat when fast to one of these ‘Northwest Tartars’ [sc. whales]. 1897 F. Marryat Blood of Vampire xiv You must give up flirting, my boy, or if I mistake not, you'll find you've caught a Tartar. < as lemmas |
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