| 单词 | to fling one's cap over the windmill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fling (throw) one's cap over the windmill c. to fling (throw) one's cap over the windmill [= French jeter son bonnet par-dessus les moulins] : to act recklessly and defiantly, fly in the face of convention. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > be incautious [verb (intransitive)] > be rash or reckless racklea1425 to set cock on the hoopa1549 to play at hand over head1590 to throw (also toss, fling, etc.) caution to the wind(s)1751 to play the wild1849 rip1858 to fling (throw) one's cap over the windmill1885 1885 E. Lynn Linton Christopher Kirkland xiii A wild out~ward kind of young fellow, who had enjoyed his youth too freely and flung his cap too far over the windmill. 1920 W. J. Locke House of Baltazar xxii You're going to make a bolt with Godfrey and throw your cap over the windmills. 1923 F. H. Kitchin Divers. Dawson 305 Throwing their caps over the windmill under the stimulus of war patriotism. < as lemmas |
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