| 单词 | to have pissed on a nettle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have pissed on a nettle ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > be ill-humoured [verb (intransitive)] to have pissed on a nettle1546 mumpc1610 to sell souse1611 sullena1652 sumpha1689 frump1693 hatch1694 sunk1724 mug?c1730 purt1746 sulk1781 to get up or out of bed (on) the wrong side1801 strum1804 boody1857 sull1869 grump1875 to hump the back1889 to have (also pull, throw, etc.) a moody1969 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. x. sig. Liii v It seemd to hym, she had pyst on a nettyll. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B3 All these women that you heare brawling..and skolding thus, have seuerally pist on this bush of nettles. 1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 143 He hath pist on a Nettle: But would he had mist: For, a Nettle hath stung him on which he hath pist. 1682 T. Shadwell Lancashire-witches i. 8 She has piss'd upon a Nettle to day, or else the Witches have bewitched her. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Nettled He has pist upon a Nettle, he is very uneasy or much out of Humor. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘Thou's p——d of a nettle this morning,’ said of a waspish, ill-tempered person. < as lemmas |
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