单词 | to go the vole |
释义 | > as lemmasto go the vole b. to go the vole, to run every risk in the hope of great gain; to try all shifts. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [verb (intransitive)] > run a risk or take one's chance to take one's chancec1325 to take penancec1400 to throw at allc1400 to buy a pig (in Scotl. a cat) in a poke1546 to throw the helve after the hatchet1546 to set (up) one's rest1579 to give the adventure1607 to make a shaft or a bolt of ita1616 to run a fortune1627 to run for luck1799 to go the vole1816 chance1863 to chance one's arm1889 to take a chance or chances1902 gamble1919 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > risk oneself > risk everything to throw at allc1400 to send the axe after the helvea1450 to throw the helve after the hatchet1546 to go the vole1816 to go for broke1935 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 86 Who is he!—why, he has gone the vole—has been soldier, ballad-singer, travelling tinker, and is now a beggar. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 6 Nov. (1941) 129 He thinks Cadell's account must turn up trumps, and is for going the vole. 1895 Daily News 27 May 8/3 In the old phrase he ‘went the vole,’ he would be colossal, or a blank failure. < as lemmas |
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