| 单词 | to have a person or thing skinned |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a person or thing skinned (to death) 5. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Beaten, bested, overcome completely; esp. in to have a person or thing skinned (to death). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [adjective] cravena1225 matec1225 to yield oneself creanta1250 confounded1362 checkmate?c1370 convictc1430 superatec1460 beaten1550 frustrate1588 convicteda1616 skinned1897 1897 G. Ade Pink Marsh 33 When it come to tossin' lang'age ol' Gawge sutny had me skinned. 1899 W. J. Kountz Billy Baxter's Lett. 10 Why, an asphalt street has a sylvan dell skinned to death. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings iii. 56 I guess you've got us skinned on the animal and vegetation question. 1908 ‘Yeslah’ Tenderfoot S. Calif. ii. 22 When it rains in California, it's got all the rest of the country skinned to death. 1927 E. Wallace Feathered Serpent iv. 47 I came down here to make a few inquiries... I've got these reporter guys skinned to death! 1933 Amer. Mercury May 74/2 Split Nickel Cash Market's got you skinned on that deal forty ways from Sunday. < as lemmas |
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