单词 | to get one's bitters |
释义 | > as lemmasto get one's bitters 2. fig., esp. in U.S. colloq. phr. to get one's bitters: to get one's deserts. Obs. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > deserve well or ill > get one's deserts to sow the wind and reap the whirlwindc1384 to drink to one's oysters1470 to serve (a person) right1587 to get the wissel of one's groat1721 to get one's fairing1787 to get one's bitters1812 to get one's faring1846 come1896 1812 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1914) IX. 70 You might get your bitters in Baltimore Town. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 16 Misfortunes are moral bitters, which frequently restore the healthy tone of the mind. a1846 in W. T. Porter Quarter Race Kentucky (1846) 194 The seal soon got his bitters, and the captin cut a big hunk off the tail eend. < as lemmas |
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