英语词汇“to give down the country”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. U.S. regional (southern) colloquial. to give (a person) down the country (also road): to show one's displeasure towards (someone); to berate or admonish in a vehement and vociferous manner; to reprimand or scold. [Perhaps arising from the idea of being banished or sent away for bad behaviour; perhaps compare to give (a person) down the banks at Phrases 1.]

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1892 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 30 Apr. 1/8 Let us woo these misguided ones back into the democratic party, but give the men who have deceived them down the country.

1919 Sat. Evening Post 13 Dec. 122/1 Hack listened with a smile. ‘By golly!’ he croaked excitedly. ‘Ain't she giving him down the country?’

1948 J. Hewlett Harlem Story xiii. 67 What are you giving me down the country for? I did my part. At least I tried to, anyway.

1974 D. Madden Bijou ii. 251 I really gave him down the road, that made me so mad.

1987 E. Kytle Voices of Robby Wilde (1989) xii. 117 He'd give me down the country and call me ungrateful every time I wasn't there right on the dot.

2010 J. Gordon Lord of Misrule (2011) xxvi. 188 Arnie Posner, personally, gives me down the road. I ain't thinking of the big picture. I gotta listen to people what are bigger than me.

单词	to give down the country
释义	> as lemmas to give (a person) down the country (also road) P2. U.S. regional (southern) colloquial. to give (a person) down the country (also road): to show one's displeasure towards (someone); to berate or admonish in a vehement and vociferous manner; to reprimand or scold. [Perhaps arising from the idea of being banished or sent away for bad behaviour; perhaps compare to give (a person) down the banks at Phrases 1.] ΚΠ 1892 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 30 Apr. 1/8 Let us woo these misguided ones back into the democratic party, but give the men who have deceived them down the country. 1919 Sat. Evening Post 13 Dec. 122/1 Hack listened with a smile. ‘By golly!’ he croaked excitedly. ‘Ain't she giving him down the country?’ 1948 J. Hewlett Harlem Story xiii. 67 What are you giving me down the country for? I did my part. At least I tried to, anyway. 1974 D. Madden Bijou ii. 251 I really gave him down the road, that made me so mad. 1987 E. Kytle Voices of Robby Wilde (1989) xii. 117 He'd give me down the country and call me ungrateful every time I wasn't there right on the dot. 2010 J. Gordon Lord of Misrule (2011) xxvi. 188 Arnie Posner, personally, gives me down the road. I ain't thinking of the big picture. I gotta listen to people what are bigger than me. extracted from downprep. < as lemmas
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