单词 | to go sideways |
释义 | > as lemmasto go sideways Phrases P1. to look sideways: to look (at) or regard furtively or improperly; spec. to glance amorously or suspiciously at a person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual relationship > have sexual relationship with [verb (transitive)] > pursue or regard sexually to look sideways1652 to put the make on1956 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adverb] > looking sideways asquinta1250 sidelings?a1400 bagginglyc1400 askoyc1425 askilec1450 to look sideways1652 squintly1655 skew-eyed1658 with eye askant1753 skaunt1791 out of, with the tail of the eye1805 the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt with [verb (transitive)] > look amorously at to cast (also throw) a sheep's-eye at (or upon)a1529 to look sideways1652 ogle1686 sheep's-eye1801 to cast (occasionally to make) sheep's-eyes at1809 to eye up1820 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > be mistrustful, suspect [verb (intransitive)] > look sideways skew1570 to look sideways1652 1652 C. Cotterell tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Cassandra ii. vi. 76 Hee presently believed that it was hee, who had laid that ambush for him..and in that opinion looking sidewaies upon him, Wicked man (said hee). 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. xiv. 217 If he dared looked sideways at his [i.e. another's] wife or sister. 1860 J. Kavanagh Seven Years III. 142 If any one should look sideways at you for what has passed, let that person expect to settle it with me. 1895 J. Conrad Almayer's Folly 160 This thought caused him to pluck up heart and look at Nina sideways. 1921 B. Gilbert Old Eng. 70 But he was known to be paying to three different women for a child each, And his housekeeper beginning to look sideways. 1974 N. Marsh Black as he's Painted vi. 162 It wouldn't..be anything out of the way if they got round to looking sideways at each other. 2014 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 20 Nov. 9 Look sideways at all statements by MPs about their lack of future ambition. P2. to knock sideways: to astonish or dumbfound, as with pleasure or shock; to affect profoundly or dramatically. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > have an effect on [verb (transitive)] > with irresistible force kill1634 to knock sideways1890 to blow (a person's) mind1967 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)] > stupefy awhapec1300 stonyc1330 astony1340 astonec1374 mazec1390 stounda1400 stuna1400 to-stony?a1400 stounc1400 clumsec1440 overmusec1460 stonish1488 strike1533 dazzle1561 stoyne1563 stupefy1577 stupefact1583 obstupefy1611 astound1637 petrify1667 flabbergast1773 stagnatea1798 stama1800 swarf1813 boggle1835 razzle-dazzle1886 to knock sideways1890 stupend1900 gobsmack1987 1890 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 25 Nov. i. 7 The effects of the blockade are bad. Business is knocked sideways. 1925 B. Travers Mischief iv. 60 She could have engaged in a viva voce competition with the editor of The Dog World and knocked him sideways. 1942 J. B. Priestley Black-out in Gretley vii. 169 When anybody..does something or has something that suddenly knocks me sideways, I feel I ought to mention it... It's like paying a debt. 1960 M. Stewart My Brother Michael xvi. 203 I can't seem to think straight... I feel knocked kind of sideways. 2000 National Trust Mag. Spring 56/3 He had no idea the BSE crisis was just around the corner and, he says, ‘it really knocked us sideways’. P3. to go sideways. a. British slang. To do something illegal, to commit a crime. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1899 C. Rook Hooligan Nights iv. 90 The slavey [sc. servant] was awright... She never went sideways. b. chiefly North American colloquial. To go wrong or badly, to go awry. ΚΠ 1953 Railway Carmen's Jrnl. June 128/2 Uncle Elmer sez... Some of these dern rules cin go sideways faster then 'n elevator cin go down. 1983 Indiana (Pa.) Gaz. 11 Jan. 22/1 The best line [in a revue], emitted early on, is ‘I think I lost my G-spot’. Things go sideways from there. 1999 T. Birr Public & Media Relations for Fire Service 116 A reputation for being candid, helpful, and honest can give you an edge..when things go sideways. 2008 Autoweek 10 Nov. 22 The iRacing simulator caters to everyone... And if it all goes sideways? Just press the reset button. < as lemmas |
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