单词 | to leave in the lurch |
释义 | > as lemmasto leave in the lurch e. to leave in the lurch: to leave in adverse circumstances without assistance; to leave in a position of unexpected difficulty.Cf. the somewhat earlier phr. to leave in the lash (see lash n.1 4). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > leave in the lurch lurch1530 to leave in the lash1573 to leave in the lurch1596 cart1889 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > deceive, delude [verb (transitive)] > leave in the lurch to leave in the lash1573 to leave in the lurch1596 lurcha1651 to give (one) the bag to hold1793 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. Q Whom..he also procured to be equally bound with him for his new cousens apparence to the law, which he neuer did, but left both of them in the lurtch for him. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 222 The Volscians seeing themselves abandoned and left in the lurch by them,..quit the campe and field. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 220 And though th' art of a diff'rent Church, I will not leave thee in the lurch. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 192 In Transubstantiation; where Accidents are left in the lurch by their proper Subject. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 119. ¶6 If the Country Gentlemen get into it they will certainly be left in the Lurch. 1873 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 357 My Eyes have been leaving me in the lurch again. 1879 R. Browning Martin Relph 66 He has left his sweetheart here in the lurch. < as lemmas |
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