| 单词 | to have the heart hanging on a jolly pin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have the heart hanging on a jolly pin a. in (also †on) a (merry, etc.) pin: in a (good, etc.) mood or state of mind; of a disposition indicated by the modifying word. Also †to have the heart hanging on a jolly pin. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > temporary state of mind, mood > [adverb] > in a different mood in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1516 By my fader kyn, Youre herte hangeth on a ioly pyn. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 8586 Youre hert ys on a-nother pynne. c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 492 (MED) I woll sett my soule a [v.r. on a] mery pynne. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. x. 15 With hart hyngand on the ioly pyn. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 578 King Charles heart by gettyng of Paris, was set vpon a merye Pinne. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. iii. i. 217 Seeing him thus set vpon the merry pin, I said unto him, [etc.]. 1658 F. Osborne Advice to Son (1896) i. 24 Success doth often wind him up to a jovial pin. 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso i. 5 I was never on a better pin in my life. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) cccii. 316 The Woman was One day upon the Peevish Pin. 1770 Gentleman's Mag. 40 559 To express the Condition of an Honest Fellow and no Flincher under the Effects of Good Fellowship, he is said to be..On a merry pin. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 178 Right glad to find His friend in merry pin. 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 407 Were I in the pin. 1887 J. A. L. Riley Athos 210 Our prelate was in merry pin. 1958 N. Marsh Singing in Shrouds vii. 153 In merry pin, he..put a dummy woman in Mr. McAngus's bed. 1998 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 10 Nov. b1 Some Scotch woodcock would jolly well put me in a merry pin. < as lemmas |
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