单词 | to have a person on also upon the hip |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (formerly also †get, †take) a person on also upon the hip P1. on also upon the hip: at a disadvantage; in a position in which one is likely to be overthrown or overcome. Esp. in to have (formerly also †get, †take) a person on also upon the hip: to put a person in a compromised position or in one in which he or she is likely to be overcome. Now somewhat rare.Apparently with allusion to the practice in wrestling of hoisting one's opponent on to the hip before throwing him or her to the ground; cf. hip throw n. at Compounds 5a.Originally and sometimes later as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > disadvantageously [phrase] > to the disadvantage of > at a disadvantage on also upon the hip?c1225 on a lock1598 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 205 He..sech hu feole þe grimme wrestlere of helle braid upon his hupe & weorp wið þe hanche turn into galnes se þe rixleð iþe lenden. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1781 (MED) Beryn he had I-cauȝte Somwhat oppon the hipp, þat Beryn had þe wers. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 11 If these..be but taken vpon the hip, they fall to quaking, they crye out vnto heauen. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xlvi. cxvii. 403 To get the Pagan on the hippe: And hauing caught him right, he doth him lift, By nimble sleight. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lix. 262 When Dauid seem'd, in common Sence, already on the hip. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 331 Now infidell I haue you on the hip . View more context for this quotation 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 169 Sometimes the Christian hath his enemy on the hip, yea, on the ground. 1715 C. Bullock Woman's Revenge iii. 59 Ah, Heaven bethank'd, but now Rogue I think I have you upon the Hip. 1778 C. Dibdin Poor Vulcan ii. i. 26 We have each other on the hip, Be jealous then no longer. 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 21 Oct. 198 I have these fellows on the hip; and, brave sport will I have with them before I have done. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. vi. 156 Feeling that she had the culprit on the hip. 1910 U. Sinclair Let. 28 Oct. in E. V. Debs Lett. (1990) I. 384 The Otis gang have us on the hip and are in absolute control of the situation. 1967 Listener 16 Nov. 628/3 You have me on the hip here a bit because I think..that all these old ideas we had are as dead as the dodo. 1989 S. Terkel in J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath Introd. p. xiv Though he was already a success, self-doubt had him on the hip. < as lemmas |
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