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单词 to hang up one's hatchet
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to hang up one's hatchet
a. to hang up one's hatchet: to stop working; to take a rest; (in later use esp.) to retire. Cf. to hang up 2 at hang v. Phrasal verbs.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > desist from effort or exertion
restOE
to hang up one's hatcheta1350
to call it a night1912
that'll be the day1916
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] > rest
restOE
to hang up one's hatcheta1350
to latch one's ease, one's leave1377
sabbatize1382
roc1460
repose1494
repause1526
respire1566
respite1587
requiesce1653
to rest (also lie) on one's oars1726
to lay off1841
to rest up1858
spell1880
to lie off1891
a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 21 Hang vp þyn hachet ant þi knyf, whil him lasteþ þe lyf wiþ þe longe shonkes.
c1422 T. Hoccleve Dialogus (Durh.) l. 736 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 136 Hange vp his hachet & sette him adoun.
c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 69 (MED) Hange up þin hachet & take þi reste.
a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 129 Whan thow hast well don, hange wp thi hatchet.
1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 6/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια I have hang'd up my hatchet and scap'd my self.
1975 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 10 Aug. 7 I need a son to carry on the business when I hang up my hatchet.
2004 W. Safire in Associated Press Online (Nexis) 15 Nov. After more than three decades of opinionated reporting on the world's first and foremost political battle page, it's time to hang up my hatchet.
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