| 单词 | to have a derry on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a derry on A ‘down’ (down n.4 2b); esp. in to have a derry on, to be prejudiced against. ΚΠ 1896 Argus (Melbourne) 19 Mar. 5/9 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) Have you any particular ‘derry’ upon this Wendouree? 1897 D. McK. Wright Station Ballads & Other Verses 107 I ain't down on them if they ain't got a derry on me! 1900 H. Lawson Verses Pop. & Humorous 185 It's orful when the p'leece has got a derry on a chap. 1915 Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Aug. 47/1 If you do, the Johns have a derry on yer ever after. 1918 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 20 Dec. 245/1 He..[has] a particularly keen ‘derry’ on the parade-ground N.C.O. 1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. x. 63 She didn't like the Baptists though, had had a derry on that crowd ever since Hilda took her to an evening service. < as lemmas |
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