| 单词 | to go off on one |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (or be) off on one c. British colloquial. to go (or be) off on one and variants: to launch into a tirade on a particular subject; to rant at length. ΚΠ 1990 P. Matthiessen Killing Mister Watson (1991) 83 We done our best to work around him, but he went off on one of his tirades, quoting Detockveel and Laffyett and some other old Frog fellers that could tell us boys a thing or two about America.] 1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 47 You get the odd argument. Last week I was going off on one because I happened to be the only one with a car on here and everybody borrows my car. 1998 Total Football Nov. 98/4 He just went off on one going, ‘You're bang out of order you are, getting up there and pretending to be a Gooner.’ I honestly thought he was going to twat me. 2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 x. 260 I didn't want her to ask anything about me because that would have meant I would risk going off on one, not letting her get a word in edgeways. < as lemmas |
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