单词 | to get the pricker |
释义 | > as lemmasto get (also have) the pricker i. Originally Australian. A device studded with sharp points, attached to the side of a horse's snaffle. Frequently in to get (also have) the pricker (Australian and New Zealand colloquial): to be or become angry, irritated, or sulky. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] wrethec900 anbelgheOE wratha1225 wrakea1300 grievec1350 angera1400 sweata1400 smoke1548 to put or set up the back1728 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to have, get a cob on1937 grrra1963 the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry wrethec900 wrothc975 abelghec1300 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 to peck moodc1330 gremec1460 to take firea1513 fumec1522 sourdc1540 spitec1560 to set up the heckle1601 fire1604 exasperate1659 to fire up1779 to flash up1822 to get one's dander up1831 to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832 to have (also get) one's monkey up1833 to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837 rile1837 to go off the handle1839 to flare up1840 to set one's back up1845 to run hot1855 to wax up1859 to get one's rag out1862 blow1871 to get (also have) the pricker1871 to turn up rough1872 to get the needle1874 to blaze up1878 to get wet1898 spunk1898 to see red1901 to go crook1911 to get ignorant1913 to hit the ceiling1914 to hit the roof1921 to blow one's top1928 to lose one's rag1928 to lose one's haira1930 to go up in smoke1933 hackle1935 to have, get a cob on1937 to pop (also blow) one's cork1938 to go hostile1941 to go sparec1942 to do one's bun1944 to lose one's wool1944 to blow one's stack1947 to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950 rear1953 to get on ignorant1956 to go through the roof1958 to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964 to lose ita1969 to blow a gasket1975 to throw a wobbler1985 1871 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 13 May 601/3 The followers of The Pearl accounted satisfactorily for his Saturday performance, by his having been ridden in ‘prickers’, which cut him so much about the mouth as to completely cow him. 1898 Western Champion (Barcaldine) 15 Feb. 12/1 The charge arose out of the use of a ‘pricker’, which was affixed to Passion Fruit's bridle to prevent his habit of ‘hanging out’. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 121 A man in a temper is said..to have the dingbats, the pricker or the stirks. 1955 D. Niland Shiralee 102 You've got the pricker properly, eh? You'll knock him into next week, will ya? 1984 P. Wilson S. Pacific St. 69 Now don't get the pricker, Len. 2004 Cornishman (Nexis) 22 July 37 On a cab horse..he found what was known as a ‘pricker’ fastened to the bit. This was a piece of leather studded with nails that pierced the animal's cheek. < as lemmas |
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