单词 | to dish it out |
释义 | > as lemmasto dish it out 2. figurative. To present (attractively) for acceptance; to serve up. Also with up (†forth, out). In modern use, with out: to distribute; to give or hand out (often with the pejorative implication of a lack of care or discrimination). So to dish it out (U.S. colloquial): to deal out punishment; to fight hard. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > offer [verb (transitive)] > present attractively for acceptance disha1616 the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] britteneOE to-dealeOE dealOE britOE setc1275 dispensec1374 dispendc1375 to-seta1387 dispone1429 disposec1430 sparple1435 demean1439 distributea1464 distribue1477 issuec1484 communy1530 to deal out1535 impart1545 disperse1555 retail1576 digest1578 deliver1626 to hand out1648 to dispose of1676 dispensate1701 dole1701 to give out1710 sling1860 to give away1889 to pass out1926 dish1934 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. ii. 71 For Conspiracie, I know not how it tastes, though it be dish'd For me to try how. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 58 Lest, thinking to offer him as a present to God, they dish him out for the Devill. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 332 The heavenly viands disht forth in the Gospel. 1756 G. Washington Let. in Wks. (1889) I. 265 Their success..dished up with a good deal of French policy, will encourage the Indians..to fall upon our inhabitants. 1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 70 This story..has been dished up in a hundred different ways. 1934 Black Mask Mag. Oct. 13/1 You take [money] away fast enough, but you don't like to dish it out. 1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage vi. 82 Gabby could take it and he could dish it out. 1939 War Illustr. 21 Oct. p. ii/1 The drivel that is dished out between news bulletins. 1955 A. Huxley Genius & Goddess 36 Tripe and hogwash dished out by the moulders of public opinion. 1959 Cambr. Rev. 2 May 471/2 They dish out the gestetnered flysheet which does duty for it, free of charge. 1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 11 Offices..which dish out highly-coloured literature extolling the wonders of their country. < as lemmas |
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