| 单词 | to do something for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto do something (also things) for (also to) Phrases P1. In the infinitive. Cf. ado n. and adj.2, to-do n. a. to be to do: to be necessary to be done. Hence what's to do?: what is the matter? †to have somewhat to do: to have something the matter with one (obsolete). Now regional. ΚΠ OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iii. 74 Sio andetnes is to donne be eallum þam sinnum þe man awðer þurhtyhð, oððe an geþohte oððe on spræce oððe on worce. OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. xi. 50 Hi..ræddon, hwæt him to donne wære. c1175 ( Homily: De Confessione (Bodl. 343) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 290 Nu sæcge ic þe her, hwæt ðe is to donne, hwæt to forletenne. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2949 Þe bettste raþ Off whatt himm wass to donne. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 476 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 120 ‘We schullen do,’ seint Thomas seide, ‘al þat is to done.’ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1651 Wreche to take hit is to done. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 11 What is to rere or doon in euery thinge. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. l. 586 For God wate weill quhat is to do. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxxix. 521 I can not beleue but that my wyfe hath sumwhat to do. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxlii. 357 If it were to do agayn. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. ix. 5 And little is to do . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 104 What's to doe heere, Thomas Tapster? let's withdrawe. View more context for this quotation 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. iii. 9 There was the Devil and all to do. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home iv. 61 ‘What's to do, old Bob?’ asked Dad gently, lifting him up to sit on his arm. b. With complement introduced by with and similar prepositions. (a) to have to do with (also †mid, †of, †on). (i) To have dealings or business with; to have connection or interaction (of any kind) with; to have relation to. (1) With pronominal object (what, anything, etc.) of have. Also to have got to do with.to have nothing to do with: see nothing pron., n., adv., and int. Phrases 10. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with to have to do with (also mid, of, on)lOE meddle1413 intromit1522 fretc1540 make1564 to have a finger in1583 converse1592 cope with1594 trade1595 play1928 lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 160 Seo eadiga Margareta him to cwæð: ‘Geswiga þu earmingc, ne hæfh [read hæfst] þu nan þingc on me to donne.’ c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 362 Of mine bileaue, beo ha duhti oðer dusi, naue þu nawt to donne. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9509 Þee king hire wende to..& hæfde him to done wið leofuest wimmonne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 16487 Han we noght þar-of to do. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 634/1 You medyll you with maters that you have naught to do with. 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) viii. 90 I neuer had any thing to doe with the said Duke. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 46 Hoity toity, What have I to do with his Dreams or his Divination? 1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 11 If Craft had any Thing to do with them, never was Craft better hid. 1868 Trades Union Comm.: Manch. Outrages Inq.: Rep. II. 132/1 in Parl. Papers 1867–8 XXXIX. 597 Tetlow made answer and said, ‘What have you got to do with it?’ and they began fighting. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxv. 10 The white silk..might have something to do with the new imposingness of her beauty. 1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 756/1 To associate or have anything to do with blacks..is an unpardonable offence in a Boer's eyes. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse iii. ii. 226 The Lighthouse! The Lighthouse! What's that got to do with it? he thought impatiently. 1955 T. Williams Let. 12 June in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 116 The liquor has a lot to do with that. 1961 ‘W. Cooper’ Scenes Married Life 98 What's that got to do with it? 1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) vii. 152 He obviously hadn't had much to do with women. 2004 New Yorker 5 Jan. 86/1 Television had something to do with turning Presidential campaigns into tactical image wars. (2) Without object of have. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > be or become concerned or involved to have to do with (also mid, of, on)a1225 interlacec1380 to do with ——a1400 bedrive1481 concern1614 bear1658 connect1709 a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 77 (MED) Na Mon mine likame irineð ne mid me flesliche nefde to donne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14974 (MED) Þe lauerd has Wit þam for to do. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. x. 97 I had neuer with the to do; How shuld it [sc. that chyld] then be myne? 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. vii. f. 34v He wolde not haue to doo with suche myscheuous men. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 33. ⁋1 Insolent towards all who have to do with her. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 14. ⁋5 The difference between pure science, which has to do only with ideas, and the application of its laws to the use of life. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 104 I thought I had to do with the son of an old round-headed rebel. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 34 All law has to do with pleasure and pain. 1930 Amer. Speech 6 92 The following expressions have to do with automobiles and their accessories. 1960 New Scientist 10 Mar. 604/1 It seems that the first step in germination by abrasion has to do with weakening and cracking in the outer spore layer. 2005 C. Sittenfeld Prep 81 Most of their dads had jobs having to do with investments and brokerage. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse playOE to do (also work) one's kindc1225 bedc1315 couple1362 gendera1382 to go togetherc1390 to come togethera1398 meddlea1398 felterc1400 companya1425 swivec1440 japea1450 mellc1450 to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474 engender1483 fuck?a1513 conversec1540 jostlec1540 confederate1557 coeate1576 jumble1582 mate1589 do1594 conjoin1597 grind1598 consortc1600 pair1603 to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608 commix1610 cock1611 nibble1611 wap1611 bolstera1616 incorporate1622 truck1622 subagitate1623 occupya1626 minglec1630 copulate1632 fere1632 rut1637 joust1639 fanfreluche1653 carnalize1703 screw1725 pump1730 correspond1756 shag1770 hump1785 conjugate1790 diddle1879 to get some1889 fuckeec1890 jig-a-jig1896 perform1902 rabbit1919 jazz1920 sex1921 root1922 yentz1923 to make love1927 rock1931 mollock1932 to make (beautiful) music (together)1936 sleep1936 bang1937 lumber1938 to hop into bed (with)1951 to make out1951 ball1955 score1960 trick1965 to have it away1966 to roll in the hay1966 to get down1967 poontang1968 pork1968 shtup1969 shack1976 bonk1984 boink1985 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iii. 103 He demanded of her what he shold gyue to haue to doo wyth her. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlvi. f. lxxxi/1 There was a beeste namyd Parde, Of whyche beest whan the lyon hadde to doo wyth her he engendred on her a nother beest callyd a Leoparde. 1567 H. G. tr. G. Boccaccio Pleasaunt Disport Diuers Noble Personages xii. f. 51v As many times as thou shalt kisse, or haue to do with hir. 1600 C. Lumsden tr. R. Rollock Expos. Select Psalmes David 282 Hee sendeth for her, and having had to do with her, he sendeth her away againe. 1699 J. Stevens tr. J. de Mariana Gen. Hist. Spain xxii. vii. 380 Prince Henry was Divorced from Blanch his Wife, pretending that by reason of some Witchcraft he could not have to do with her. 1751 Universal Mag. Aug. 91/1 D—n your eyes, you have had to do with her. 1792 Conjuror's Mag. Apr. 375/1 A woman that has lines at the root of the thumb..if they verge towards the outside of the hand, so many men will have to do with her, or marry her. 1875 Proc. Old Bailey 22 Sept. 462 My husband asked Stonestreet if he had had to do with the old woman, and he said yes, there were four of them, and all four had to do with her. (b) Chiefly British. to be to do with: to be connected with, to be related to; to be of concern to. Cf. to have to do with (also †mid, †of, †on) at Phrases 1b(a). (i) With pronominal complement (what, anything, etc.) of be. ΚΠ 1906 Minutes of Evid. Royal Comm. Worcester Election 153/2 I have given it to him gratuitously, never thinking that it was anything to do with the Election whatever. 1929 P. Gibbs Hidden City xxxix. 189 It's something to do with that poisonous little beast Benito..the boy she dances with. 1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surveys (1987) ii. 360 He was full of grouses that it was nothing to do with him. 1959 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 6/2 Association with the America of that period might involve her unnecessarily in troubles which were little to do with Asia. 2010 J. Powell Breaking of Eggs (2011) ii. 19 I came to realise that for Benoît it was all to do with money. (ii) Without complement. ΚΠ 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica xvi. 324 It's to do with adolescence. 1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary ii. xii. 258 There are certain rules that have to be observed. One of the most striking is to do with what the German Korps Student would call ‘fixing’. 1957 Life 18 Mar. 79/1 I suppose it's to do with the trip. 1990 New Scientist 21 July 31/2 The reason for the success of these ‘notebook’ computers is more to do with size than portability. 2005 E. Morrison Last Bk. you Read 55 The first time I was depressed, it was to do with drugs they said. (c) to do with (in a non-finite clause used as a postmodifier): connected with, relating to. ΚΠ 1932 C. Beaton Diary Feb. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) iv. 36 Schoolboy jokes, particularly those to do with the posterior portions of the anatomy. 1938 D. Thomas Let. 31 Aug. (1987) 322 None evasively or circumlocutionarily to do with fucking. 1948 Times 7 Dec. 5/4 Globical, globoid, globose, and globular all denote something to do with a globe. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill i. 33 After leisurely exchanges to do with the weather, hay prospects and certain newsy items, the fun started. 1963 K. Tynan Let. 20 Feb. (1994) v. 271 Anything to do with words is sure to make me prick up my mind. 1998 P. Grace Baby No-eyes (1999) xii. 104 Anything to do with computers is wanky. c. to have to do: to have something to do, to have business, or concern. what has he (she, etc.) to do? what business has he (she, etc.) to do something? Now archaic and rare. ΚΠ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 27 All ðat ȝe habbeð to donne [L. uultis facere], an godes name doþ hit, mit gode ȝeleaue. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2553 Do we þat we haue to done & diȝt we vs henne! a1450 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 261 If I haue to don fer or ner, And Peny be myn massangar. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 596/2 If I kembe my heed tyll to morowe what have you to do? 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 1 All these Nations haue had to doe within this our Countrie. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 135 Neither any man hath to doe, to forbid and warne them. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms l. 16 What hast thou to doe, to declare my Statutes? View more context for this quotation 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxvii. 168 What has he to do to controul you? 1894 R. Bridges Feast of Bacchus i. 376 What has he to do to push his nose into our affairs? P2. In the present participle. a. to be doing (with passive sense): to be in the course of being done, to be happening. Now chiefly in negative contexts: cf. there is nothing doing at Phrases 2b; also without auxiliary verb (cf. nothing doing at Phrases 2c). ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26812 Þat þere er dedis doand neu, þat þai agh sare wit resun reu. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Coloss. iv. 9 All thynges which are adoynge here. a1591 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II Sin, which is here expressed (while it is a-doing) to be, not bitter, but sweet. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 110 While these things were doing. 1749 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 7 May (1966) II. 428 What is doing amongst my Acquaintance at London. 1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) iv. 199 This morning there is not much doing, except the soldiers are growling about our long delay at these quarters. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 211 The peal and flash of gun after gun gave notice, from three different parts of the valley at once, that murder was doing. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxxiv. 187 There is not much doing now, being New Year's Eve, and folks mops and brooms from what's inside 'em. 1907 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 6 Oct. (Sporting section) 9/3 Nothing doing in the first round. Little doing in the second round. 1944 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 26 Aug. in War Diaries (2001) 585 Attended COS again, but not much doing. 1986 P. Barker Century's Daughter xi. 192 Stephen was already wondering why he's come. ‘Not a lot doing,’ he said. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents iii. 13 I'm not involved in..embalming and that, but I like to watch if there's not much doing. b. there is (was, etc.) nothing doing: nothing is (was, etc.) happening, usually implying that something was suspected or expected. ΚΠ 1700 Earl of Manchester Let. 29 Dec. in C. Cole Mem. Affairs of State 1697–1708 (1733) 274 He always says there is nothing doing; whatever I acquainted you with, came from other Hands. 1717 D. Defoe Minutes Negotiations M. Mesnager 187 They had resolved to have the Rumour spread on their Side, while there was really nothing doing. 1827 T. De Quincey in Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 211/2 Complaining ‘that there was nothing doing’. 1858 Leisure Hour 25 Mar. 186/2 There's nothing doing now. 1915 Harper's Mag. Oct. 723/1 Suzanne, that was a castle of cards we were building. There's nothing doing. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking vi. 206 If you're trying to propose to me, sign off. There is nothing doing. 1930 W. S. Maugham Gent. in Parlour x. 46 Then my girl asked me to marry her... I told her there was nothing doing. 2006 Church Times 12 May 44/3 A lean tomcat calls to pay court to Kitty, who eyes him sanguinely, safe in the knowledge that there is nothing doing. c. colloquial (originally Business). nothing doing: no transaction is happening (or has happened, or is likely). Now usually as an announcement of refusal of a request or offer, failure in an attempt, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > a denial or refusal > announcement of nothing doing1910 no soap1926 nossir1930 nyet1950 1859 Economist 26 Feb. 240/2 The home market for refined sugar remains without any alteration to note. For export nothing doing. 1870 Porcupine 26 Mar. 503/3 A friend of mine hailed an outfitter the other day, ‘How is business?’ ‘Nothing doing.’ 1910 N.Y. Evening Post 13 Dec. 7 Spottford offered the porter a dime. The negro waved it aside and said: ‘Nothing doing; my price is a quarter at least.’ 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades of Rolling Ocean i. 5 I'm all through. Nothing doing. 1937 W. S. Maugham Theatre xii. 107 He can hardly expect me to ask him to come and sleep in here... Nothing doing, my lad. 1991 F. Kanga Heaven on Wheels (1992) xi. 185 They said I could go bankrupt—I said, nothing doing. I'll pay my debts. P3. Proverb. do as I say, not as I do and variants. [Partly in allusion to Matthew 23:3 (R.V.) ‘but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not’ (post-classical Latin secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere dicunt enim et non faciunt (Vulgate), Hellenistic Greek κατὰ δὲ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν μὴ ποιεῖτε· λέγουσιν γὰρ καὶ οὐ ποιοῦσιν); compare also ancient Greek ἄλλα μὲν λέγουσιν, ἄλλα δὲ πράττουσιν ‘they say one thing, but do another’ (Aesop Fables 163).] ΚΠ OE Priest's Advice in Lent (Tiber. C.i.) in P. Clemoes Anglo-Saxons (1959) 277 Ac þeah ic wyrs do þonne ic þe lære ne do þu na swa swa ic do, ac do swa ic þe lære gyf ic þe wel lære.] c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 53 (MED) Thow shall do as þe preste says but not as þe preste doos. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hivv Ye could tell a nother herein, the best way. But it is as folke dooe, and not as folke say. a1591 H. Smith Lawiers Question (1595) sig. H3v If you seeme to mislike their dooings, then..they aunswere for themselues; Doo as we say, and not as wee doo. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 45 Preachers say, Do as I say, not as I do. 1783 London Med. Jrnl. 3 76 Even the spiritual and medical advisers of temperance and regularity, are themselves infected with the love of this kind of..good living; and the old phrase,—Do as I say, but don't do as I do, is no where more necessary. 1811 E. Parker Elfrida II. vii. 109 Mind how you proceed, lest we liken you to the drunken Parson, who preached in favor of sobriety, crying out—‘Do as I say, not as I do!’ 1889 Med. Current Dec. 549 In life, do not most teachers impress us with this fact, ‘Do as we say, not as we do’. 1916 H. E. Luccock Five-minute Shop-talks xix. 108 Many a man will say, ‘Don't do as I do; do as I say’. 1951 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 29 Sept. 12/1 The rulers of the Soviet Union..expect others to do as they say, not as they do. 1989 J. Epstein Iron Pen ii. iii. 104 He tells his ward to do as he says rather than as he does. 2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. 25 Do as I say, not as I do is the first law of politics. P4. In passive. a. Proverbs. (a) what's done cannot be undone and variants. ΚΠ c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 107 The thynges that be doone may not be vndoone. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. i. 65 What's done, cannot be vndone. View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) v. iii. 80 I care not where I go, what's done with words Cannot be undone. 1767 B. Thornton tr. Plautus Miser v. iii. in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies II. 231 'Tis past—What's done Cannot be undone.—I believe, the Gods Would have it so. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. vii. 138 I felt much the same—but what's done cannot be undone. 1981 J. Stubbs Ironmaster xxii. 292 What is done cannot be undone..but you must take responsibility for it. 2011 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 29 Apr. b3 I made an apology because an apology needed to be made... What's been done can't be undone. (b) what's done is done. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 14 Things without all remedie Should be without regard: what's done, is done . View more context for this quotation 1732 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière School for Wives ii. v 59 in Sel. Comedies IV I'll say no more of it: What's done is done. 1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) II. iii. 61 No, I'll never go back; but I'll follow you—what's done is done. 1960 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 5 Feb. You've nicked me already and what's done is done. 2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xvii. 188 What's done is done. You've dumped me and now I can live without you. b. to take (something) as done: to treat (something) as if it has been, or shortly will be, done. Frequently in imperative as an assurance that something will be done. Cf. to take (something) as read at read v. Phrases 9. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > assume completion to take (something) as done1656 1656 A. Burgess CXLV Expository Serm. lxxiv. 392 Should the faith of a godly man turn the future tense into the present, and what God saith he will do, to take as done already. 1795 Mod. Rep. (ed. 5) 9 391 As this is a covenant for valuable consideration for a thing to be done, this Court ought to take it as done. 1893 E. F. Benson Dodo I. i. 9 You haven't congratulated me. Never mind, we'll take that as done. 1919 K. Howard Peculiar Major vi. 77 ‘Let me have a quiet night to-night, and you can treat me like a prize turkey for the rest of my stay.’ ‘Take it as done,’ said she. 1999 E. K. Sedgwick Dialogue on Love 91 Shannon (perhaps wildly): Pat you on the head? Tell you it'll be all right? Me: Oh, I'm taking that as done. 2010 E. Cameron tr. P. Dijan Unforgivable 112 You have my word. I'll come and sign my books. I will sit behind a stall. Take it as done, old friend. c. colloquial. not done and variants: forbidden by custom, opinion, or propriety; badly thought of, unseemly. Frequently in it is not (frequently isn't) done. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective] unthewfulc1050 unhend?c1225 uncomelyc1230 unseemlya1300 unseeminga1340 unseemc1425 untowardly1483 indecent1570 unbeseeming1583 uncivil1586 unbecoming1598 unbefitting1598 unhandsome1645 untoward1658 incorrect1672 indecorous1682 outré1722 improper1739 indelicate1741 unproper1797 pah1835 it is not (frequently isn't) done1879 1879 E. Gosse in Life & Lett. (1931) 126 We haven't the originality to think of dying. It's never done here, in our set. 1911 R. W. Chambers Common Law i ‘You know,’ he said, ‘models are not supposed to come here unless sent for. It isn't done in this building.’ 1926 E. M. Dell Black Knight i. viii ‘Oh, but you couldn't—you couldn't—live there by yourself!’ protested Joyce. ‘It isn't done, Ermine. It wouldn't be fitting.’ 1928 Observer 29 Jan. 22/1 Undergraduates regard the conduct of the night of December 13 as the sort of thing that ‘isn't done’. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 May 318/4 A first-class book made up of things which emphatically are ‘not done’. 1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex 56 When it is ‘not done’ to discuss sexuality—as in many Western sub-cultures. 1971 P. Worsthorne Socialist Myth viii. 188 That kind of behaviour simply is not done, simply is not cricket. 1998 R. L. Fleming She's All That (film script, revised) (O.E.D. Archive) 14 The same reason we never eat in the quad. It's simply not done. P5. Without object. a. to do or die: to perform deeds or perish; to give one's all. Frequently expressing a determination not to compromise or be deterred. Cf. do-or-die adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] > be determined not to be deterred from doing to do or die1487 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost to do (also lay) one's mightc1175 to do, make one's wisec1290 to do (also make) one's powerc1390 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 to do one's force?c1450 to do or die1487 to do one's endeavour(sc1500 to do the best of one's power1523 to do (also try) one's best1585 to do one's possible1792 to pull out all the stops1927 to bust (also break) one's balls1968 1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) l. 301 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 99 Than is þar nocht bot do or de. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 593 Her is no chos bot owdir do or de. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2886 in Poems (1981) 107 And quhen scho saw thair wes bot do or de. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 142 Than suld we outher do or die. a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnn3/2 Let's meet, and either doe, or dye. 1793 R. Burns Scots, wha Hae in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 708 Liberty's in every blow! Let us Do—or Die! 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming iii. xxxvii. 71 To-morrow let us do or die! 1863 L. M. Alcott Hospital Sketches i. 13 The head..fermented with all manner of high thoughts and heroic purposes ‘to do or die’,—perhaps both. 1922 E. Dorrance & J. Dorrance Lonesome Town x. 97 Jane Lauderdale should notice his readiness to do or die in her service. 1995 K. Toolis Rebel Hearts (1996) iii. 171 We would be the team that would be sent in to hit a barracks, do or die. b. that will do (also that'll do): that is sufficient; often as an exclamation used either dismissively (Nautical to dismiss the crew at the end of a voyage), or repressively, esp. to children, ‘stop (doing) that!’ Cf. sense 15a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > (in) sufficient amount or degree [phrase] > that is enough that will do1736 that'll do1856 1736 A. Hill Epil. in Connoisseur Silence—sit down, Sirs,—Hats off, that will do, I know, you love a Joke, if it be new. 1764 A. Murphy No One's Enemy but his Own i. 38 If you will but press more tenderly on my windpipe..a little too tight still, Sir..a little looser—that will do. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. x. 287 A small pull of that weather main-top-gallant brace—that will do. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxxii. 287 Give me a back, Mr. Rugg—a little higher, sir—that'll do! 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory III. vi. 89 ‘That will do, Jepcott,’ said Miss Sarah, ‘you may go now.’ 1902 B. Lubbock Round Horn x. 374 ‘That'll do, men!’ were the magic words, and we quietly walked off to our various bunks. 1937 L. Jones Cwmardy vii. 115 That will do for now. Let's go back. 1957 ‘F. Gaite’ Far Traveller i. 19 ‘But it is what one would do..if one saw a pretty girl.’.. ‘That will do, Franz,’ said the Graf. 1968 L. Morton Long Wake i. 37 Then the magic words which the sailors always wait for from the Mate at the end of a voyage: ‘That will do, you men, pay off tomorrow at the Shipping Office.’ 1987 P. Redmond & D. Angus Grange Hill Rebels xiv. 59 ‘Er..that'll do,’ said the teacher, concerned by Wimbledon's violent tendencies. 2009 G. Shields Immortal xviii. 137 ‘That will do, girls; quiet down,’ said Miss Scratton. P6. With do as auxiliary verb. a. don't —— me: do not speak or refer to me as (a specified form of address). ΚΠ 1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. v. 65 Tick. Mr. Sly my hearty Service to you. Roger. Don't Master me Sir. 1774 J. Burgoyne Maid of Oaks iii. ii. 41 Don't dear me, I won't rest a moment 'till I have seen her. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. v. 135 Don't dear me, Sir Hurricane. I am not one of your dears. 1870 A. Trollope Vicar of Bullhampton xli. 263 ‘But, Mrs. Brattle——’ ‘Don't Mrs. Brattle me, Mr. Fenwick, for I won't be so treated.’ 1892 C. M. Yonge Cross Roads x. 112 ‘Emmie!’ ‘Don't Emmie me!’ 1904 E. Jepson Admirable Tinker xiii. 234 ‘Woman, you're mad!’ said McNeill, rising with a scared face. ‘Don't you woman me, you low Scotchman!’ 1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) xxiv. 197 They came up close to us, holding out a hand and pleading that they hadn't eaten for a week, darling. ‘Don't darling me’, she'd tell them. b. no, you don't: you will not be allowed to do what you intend; I shall prevent you from doing (something implied). ΚΠ 1796 F. Reynolds Fortune's Fool v. 65 No—you don't—you shan't quit the room. 1884 Boy's Own Paper 4 Oct. 2/2 ‘No, you don't!’ muttered Soady, starting his melody. 1912 P. Nash Let. 21 Aug. in G. Bottomley & P. Nash Poet & Painter (1955) 48 I started a new outdoor drawing—but the devil or someone said ‘no you don't’, and at half hour intervals I was interrupted by heavy rain. 1926 B. A. McKelvie Huldowget ii. 27 ‘No, you don't,’ exclaimed Collishaw, and he caught the girl's arm and gently drew it aside. 1952 W. G. Hardy Unfulfilled 176 But then Barty started toward Pam, his face blazing, his fist up and Peter jumped forward. ‘No, you don't.’ 1999 T. Parker et al. South Park (film script, 8th draft) 135 Satan I am the dark master! Kyle's mother Oh no you don't! c. U.S. colloquial. let's don't: let's not, don't let's (do something specified or implied). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [phrase] I'll be far (enough) if1752 I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761 over my dead body1796 let's don't1854 I'll see you shot first1894 1854 G. E. Rice Blondel ii. ii. 38 A shabby trick! Let's do n't. 1900 W. F. Drannan Thirty-one Years on Plains & in Mountains xxv. 425 Let's don't talk about that, please don't ask any more questions about it. 1939 D. Parker Here Lies 33 Let's don't think about a lot of Chinese. 1986 New Yorker 24 Mar. 34/2 Let's don't go yet. 2003 Technol. Rev. Mar. 70/2 But let's don't beat up on the pharmaceutical industry. d. U.S. don't ask, don't tell, (don't pursue) and variants: (designating) a policy on homosexuality adopted by the U.S. military from 1994–2011, under which personnel were not asked about their sexual orientation and gays and lesbians were allowed to serve provided they did not openly reveal their sexuality. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1993 Chicago Tribune 31 Jan. iv. 4/4 Sociologist Moskos suggested this formula as a compromise for both sides to help them deal with the question of homosexuality in the military: ‘Don't ask, don't tell, don't seek, don't flaunt.’ 1993 Washington Times (Nexis) 25 June a1 Under ‘don't ask, don't tell’, the military would end the practice of asking recruits if they are homosexual. 1996 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 30 a A..teacher contacted the Immigration and Naturalization Service and reported one of her students as an illegal immigrant... The incident sent tremors through the Albuquerque Public Schools where the district policy has been don't ask, don't tell. 1997 San Diego Union-Tribune (Electronic ed.) 2 Oct. Soldiers..may be discharged from the military if they are found to have violated the military's ‘don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue’ policy on gays. 2010 Independent 1 Dec. 41/1 Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are due to begin hearings tomorrow on a provision to repeal the ‘don't ask, don't tell policy’.., which is seen by many today as perpetuating anti-gay prejudice in America. P7. With complement expressing (satisfactory) result. a. (a) colloquial. to do (a person) well: to provide food, lodgings, or entertainment for; to treat or entertain (a person) liberally; (reflexive) to make liberal provision for one's own material comfort. ΚΠ 1792 Minutes Evid. House of Lords:Trade to Afr. 152 They have said, ‘No, you do me well;’ which is as much as to say, you treat me well; ‘You give me plenty to eat, plenty to drink.’ 1871 Temple Bar May 466 His person was of aldermanic proportions, and went to prove that ‘he did himself well’ every day of the year. 1897 Punch 23 Oct. 185/1 The nightmare of an artist who does himself not wisely but far too well, at an unnecessary supper. 1902 Daily Chron. 16 Aug. 3/4 For ten francs a day one is done well there. 1928 Daily Express 7 Sept. 1/1 They do you well, with plenty of eggs, cream, [etc.]. 1940 G. D. H. Cole & M. Cole Murder at Munition Works iv. 55 The Chief Constable will bear me out that they do one quite well there. 2008 K. Burk & M. Bywater Is this Bottle Corked? 167 You could give them yesterday's leavings..and they'd say, ‘Mmm, yes, delicious, they do me very well here, you know.’ (b) to do (a person) proud: see proud adj., n., and adv. Phrases 2. b. to do well out of: to profit by or from. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > make profit win1340 to wind the penny1546 vantage1563 to turn a profit1843 to do well out of1857 1857 Rep. Sel. Comm. House of Lords on Coalwhippers Act 73 in Parl. Papers 1857: Session 2 (H.C. 286) XII. 1 The second [answer] was, ‘Did very well out of the old Act of Parliament office; 1l. a week, and no deduction.’ 1884 Graphic 29 Nov. 562/3 The second category of companies is usually so managed that the originators do pretty well out of it whether those of the shareholders who are not ‘in the swim’ gain a profit or lose their Capital. 1919 J. M. Keynes Econ. Consequences of Peace v. 133 They are a lot of hard-faced men..who look as if they had done very well out of the war. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. iii. 577 Seth..had done very well out of the Festival. 1987 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) p. vi/3 Russell is often portrayed as one of the greediest of the Tudor ‘New Men’ who did well out of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees ix. 173 For a time, Brazil did very well out of rubber. Indeed it seemed set to transform the country's economy. P8. With it as object. a. —— does it (with an adverb as grammatical subject): used to warn, advise, or encourage a person to act in a specified way (typically calmly or cautiously) in order to achieve the best result or avoid accidents or mishaps; as carefully does it, gently does it, etc.See also easy does it at easy adv. 4a. ΚΠ 1828 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. I. p. xxviii ‘Gently does it’, is the phrase of the most habile of our city horse-breakers. 1888 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 300 When he comes, hold your powder straight an' knock him over. Steady does it, old boy. 1907 Baroness Orczy Gates of Kamt vi. 62 Swiftly does it, Mark. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow v. 130 ‘Fair and softly does it,’ cried his aunt... ‘You don't want to fall over yourself,’ said his uncle. 1984 C. Barker Bks. of Blood (1986) I. 79 Carefully does it, he told himself, carefully does it. 2017 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 4 Oct. 8 Don't whisk it too hard or you will make it foamy and bubbly—gently does it. b. (a) colloquial. to have done it: to have acted extremely foolishly; to have made a mess of things. Frequently in now you've done it. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > blunder [verb (intransitive)] > make a mess of to have done it1837 to fuck up1944 to make a pig's ear (out) of1954 to make a porridge (of)1969 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxv. 391 Well, young man, now you have done it. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xlii. 320 By the powers, you have done it this time! 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. viii. 62 ‘You've done it,’ observed Tip; ‘you must be sharper than that, next time.’ 1883 G. M. Hopkins Let. 28 Sept. (1938) 164 I began to fear I had, as people say, ‘done it this time’. 1914 ‘E. Bramah’ Max Carrados Myst. 82 ‘Now you've done it,’ commented Mr. Carlyle. 1930 H. Belloc New Cautionary Tales 45 His father made a fearful row. He said ‘By Gum, you've done it now!’ 2006 G. Malkani Londonstani xxiii. 289 You were too busy laughin with all your fun friends to even pick up your fone. Shit, now you've done it. (b) to have (gone and) done it again and variants: used to express one's exasperation or surprise at the repetition of an action (esp. a mistake or triumph). ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xliv. 435 ‘Oh! Mr. Nickleby, sir’, said the girl. ‘Go up, for the love of Gracious. Master's been and done it again.’ 1844 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 741/1 His book on ‘Paris and its People’..might well have deterred him from further essays in print... Notwithstanding all this, in the words of Dickens, ‘He has gone and done it again’. 1889 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Mar. 269/2 Oh, my dear! giddy thing that I am, I've done it again! 1902 Atlanta Constit. 16 July 6/3 General Bragg has gone and done it again! His happy faculty of putting his foot in his mouth whenever he opens it hangs to him like a toper's appetite. 1938 Observer 9 Oct. 16/2 Well, Hitchcock has done it again... The Lady Vanishes is possibly the best..of all his pictures. 1987 M. Bard in M. E. Ahrari Ethnic Groups & U.S. Foreign Policy iii. 58 The president had..done it again, snatching victory from what appeared just a few days earlier to be certain defeat. 1999 Odds On Feb. 14/2 Crazy Horse has gone and done it again... He has earned the biggest speed rating I've given a novice hurdler all term by taking what turned out to be an incredibly hot contest at Ayr. 2013 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 1 Jan. 20 They've done it again. In their seemingly endless ability to surmount previous feats of incompetence, elected representatives in Washington have failed to uphold their most basic responsibilities to the nation. (c) that does (or did) it: indicating an event or action which (finally) brings about a change or provokes a reaction (in later use esp. anger); ‘that is (or was) the last straw’. ΚΠ 1867 G. M. Fenn Orig. Penny Readings 219 That did it; for before I knew where I was, she was down on her knees with her head in my lap, crying. 1946 W. F. Brown Through Windows xiii. 64 Again I did not go and pleaded the same reason. That apparently did it, as they say—she stopped asking me to lunch parties. 1968 S. L. Elliott Rusty Bugles in E. Hanger Three Austral. Plays ii. iv. 95 That does it. He puts Vic on a charge sheet. 1999 B. Griffith in Zippy Ann. No. 1 (2000) 39 (cartoon caption) That does it! Get me my enemies list!! c. that will (also that'll) do it and variants: that will achieve the required result; that will be sufficient or enough; frequently used to express satisfaction, assent, or approval. ΚΠ 1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer I. vi. 101 If there's any delay, I'll call like a loon—yes, that'll do it—the call of a loon shall be the signal. 1873 M. H. Holt Ned's Search ix. 96 He..counted the little heaps [of coins] with an intense satisfaction. ‘Yes, that'll do it, I b'lieve; I'll go..an' ask what a jacket would cost.’ 1939 Jefferson (Iowa) Bee 26 Dec. 2/3 Interfere with any of these three functions—sustenance, replacement, expansion—and you weaken all of them. Consume the income in living costs—that will do it; use it all for expansion—that will do it. 1958 I. Blasingame Dakota Cowboy (1964) 303 Just got three bullets.., but that ought to do it. 1985 P. F. McManus Grasshopper Trap (1989) 91 You'll need..a down parka and some thermal underwear and an orange hunting vest and a red cap. Heck, that should do it. 2013 Evening Standard (Nexis) 9 Oct. 44 I started to panic and dropped the price again... That'll do it, I thought, and waited for the phone to ring. d. to do it yourself: (in imperative) used to recommend carrying out a task oneself, esp. making or repairing something, instead of relying on others. Cf. do-it-yourself adj. and n. ΚΠ 1667 S. Rolle Burning of London 65 Let me conjure you..liberally to contribute to the re-building of those noble Schools..; yea, do it yourselves, as some have done before you, if you have wherewithall. 1693 W. Penn Some Fruits of Solitude §214. 66 Have but little to do, and do it thy self.] 1842 R. H. Barham Ingoldsby Penance! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 109 If it's business of consequence, Do it yourself! 1881 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 26 Nov. Do it Yourself. A Hint to Young Women Whose Hands are Idle... The answer is simple. Do it yourself. It may sound alarming to speak of recovering with your own hands those chairs, sofa, etc. 1898 Chicago Jrnl. 4 May 6/7 Do it yourself. You can tell just as well as a physician whether your kidneys are diseased or healthy. 1907 Pop. Mech. June 699/1 (advt.) Don't call the plumber every time you need a little soldering done. Do it yourself. 1920 Times 11 May 19/40 That excellent advice which was placarded at the Ideal Homes Exhibition:—Do it yourself and save money. 1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. v. 113 The momentum behind music in Manchester today remains this punk ethic: do it yourself. e. colloquial. to do it. (a) To have sexual intercourse. Also with to (a person). Cf. it pron. 10. ΚΠ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 691 Not that I care two straws who he does it with. 1954 R. P. Bissell High Water xvii. 181 Them island girls they'd rather do it than eat. 1965 C. Brown Manchild in Promised Land iii. 77 K. B. said he had done it to her one time up on the roof. 1986 New Yorker 31 Mar. 31/3 He said he had done it to Chrissie last winter. (b) To urinate or defecate. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > [verb] to do it1922 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 721 They ought to make chambers a natural size so that a woman could sit on it properly he kneels down to do it. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It (1965) xxxiii. 222 It's so easy, boy, after you do it once. Before that it's hard. You sweat. You do it in your pants. 1963 M. McCarthy Group xiv. 323 As soon as they took him off [the toilet-seat], he would do it in his crib. 1995 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 17/1 Dad, I done it in my nappy. P9. do what one will (also can, may, might, etc.): (used parenthetically) despite what one does or is able to do; despite one's efforts to the contrary. ΚΠ 1540 L. Ridley Comm. vpon Sayncte Paules Epyst. to Ephesyans i. sig. A7v Yf we be elected and chosen of god to immortal glorye..do what we wyll we shal at the laste come to that glory and blysse. 1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard 110 I was into a quarterne brought... Do what I could, it held mee till I dide. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica x. 221 Your kindnesse conquers me do what I can. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 96 In end he over-ballanced the erll, do what he could, and wan his poynt. c1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. in Wks. (1803) I. 148 I had better not vow, for I shall certainly love you, do what you will. 1797 Two Cousins 12 Boys will be boys, do what we will, and it is not in their nature to like old people. 1820 W. Irving Little Brit. in Sketch Bk. vii. 117 Do what they might, there was no keeping down the butcher. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula ii. 19 A horrible feeling of nausea came over me, which, do what I would, I could not conceal. 1974 W. Berry Memory Old Jack iii. 32 He knows now that, do what he may, his history is about to wash over his mind again. 1993 J. B. Stockdale Courage under Fire 9 Do what you will, reputation is at least as fickle as your station in life. P10. what have I (also we, etc.) done to deserve, what did I (also we, etc.) do to deserve (something unwanted, unpleasant, etc.): used to express despair or frustration at having to endure a specified circumstance, person, etc., with the implication that one is being punished unjustly or malevolently. Also sometimes used in positive contexts to express surprise, joy, delight, etc., at (seemingly) unearned success, honour, or good fortune. Frequently in what have I done to deserve this? ΚΠ 1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer vi. 480 This grieueth them, they wonder at it, and thinke what haue they done to deserue this alteration. 1607 S. Rowlands Diogines Lanthorne sig. A3 Alas poore Vertue, what hast thou done to deserue this contempt? 1702 T. Brown tr. G. B. Gelli Circe iii. 69 Oh my untoward destiny! what have I done to deserve this Unhappiness? 1763 ‘North Briton’ Let. to Author of North Briton 31 What has lord Bute done to deserve such uncommon persecution? 1802 H. Blair Serm. 364 One of the first questions, which, in such a situation, he puts to himself, is, What have I done to deserve this? 1821 Morning Chron. 12 Oct. 3/1 ‘Ah!’ he exclaimed, ‘how delightful it is to be so beloved! and what have I done to deserve it?’ 1922 D. G. Mackail Bill the Bachelor vii. 340 What, Bill asked himself, had he ever done to deserve such a wonderful friend as George had always been to him? 1967 J. Speight Till Death us do Part (1973) 77 Oh God, what have I done to deserve this, why me? 1989 C. Harkness Time of Grace xi. 189 What a pestilential man. What ever did I do to deserve him? 2013 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Oct. 9 I cried for days and couldn't sleep. I kept asking myself, ‘Why are they picking on me? What have I done to deserve this?’ P11. to do something (also things) for (also to) and variants. a. To improve; to render more pleasing or attractive. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] beetc975 betterOE goodOE sharpa1100 amendc1300 enhance1526 meliorate1542 embetter1568 endeara1586 enrich1598 meliorize1598 mend1603 sweeten1607 improve1617 to work up1641 ameliorate1653 solace1667 fine1683 ragout1749 to make something of1778 richen1795 transcendentalize1846 to tone up1847 to do something (also things) for (also to)1880 rich1912 to step up1920 uprate1965 up1968 nice1993 1880 Quiver 15 410/1 The outlines of her figure were too angular for grace, yet..time might do something for the girlish figure. 1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) ii. 43 The bathing-suit would have to be..very carefully cut indeed to ‘do things for her’. 1960 Daily Express 21 Jan. 1/3 A beret always seems to do something to generals. 1961 Sunday Express 12 Nov. 18/7 Here it is—a suit that does things for a woman. 1961 Guardian 13 Dec. 6/6 A coffee flavoured liqueur..really does something to the ice-cream. 2007 J. McKnight Love in Fast Lane xiii. 238 No two ways about it, high heels did something for a woman's legs. b. colloquial. To have a powerful effect on; (also) to excite, interest. Also in negative constructions. ΚΠ 1899 F. Remington in J. W. Buel Hero Tales Amer. Soldier 323 Begad, this waiting and waiting in this fleet is surely doing things to me. 1904 M. E. Waller Wood-carver of 'Lympus ii. 20 The shock did something to me. 1922 Cent. Mag. Aug. 523/1 It was n't [sic] right to be alone like that; it did things to a person. 1969 R. D. Pharr Bk. of Numbers (1970) xi. 128 Nooky does things to your head, love. ?1974 E. Chappell Rising Damp (2002) i. iii. 72/1 Oh, Perry Como. Yes, I do like him. He does things to me. 1984 G. Kilworth in Interzone Autumn 41/2 Although your poetry..might not be considered great art, it does things for me. 2000 R. J. Faber in A. L. Benson I shop, therefore I Am (2004) 40 ‘You don't like to drive fast?’ He responded, ‘No, it doesn't do anything for me’. < as lemmas |
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