单词 | to give fits |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) fits d. Hence colloquial in various hyperbolical phrases, as to scream oneself into fits, to throw (a person) into fits. Also, to beat (a person, a thing) into fits: to defeat or excel thoroughly, ‘beat hollow’; to give (a person) fits: to inflict humiliating defeat on; in U.S. to rate or scold vigorously. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > great manifestation of feeling fit1841 tidal wave1870 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger wratha1200 wrethea1400 hatelc1400 angerc1425 braida1450 fumea1529 passion1530 fustian fume1553 ruff1567 pelt1573 spleen1590 blaze1597 huff1599 blustera1616 dog-flawa1625 overboiling1767 explosion1769 squall1807 blowout1825 flare-up1837 fit1841 bust-up1842 wax1854 Scot1859 pelter1861 ructions1862 performance1864 outfling1865 rise1877 detonation1878 flare-out1879 bait1882 paddy1894 paddywhack1899 wingding1927 wing-dinger1933 eppie1987 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass or beat whip1571 overmaster1627 to give (one) fifteen and a bisque1664 to beat (all) to nothing1768 beatc1800 bang1808 to beat (also knock) all to sticks1820 floga1841 to beat (a person, a thing) into fits1841 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 to knock (the) spots off1850 lick1890 biff1895 to give a stone and a beating to1906 to knock into a cocked hat1965 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely dressc1405 wipe1523 to take up1530 whip1530 to shake upa1556 trounce1607 castigatea1616 lasha1616 objurgate1616 thunderstrike1638 snub1672 drape1683 cut1737 rowa1798 score1812 to dress down1823 to pitch into ——1823 wig1829 to row (a person) up1838 to catch or get Jesse1839 slate1840 drop1853 to drop (down) to or on (to)1859 to give (a person) rats1862 to jump upon1868 to give (a person) fits1871 to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880 lambaste1886 ruck1899 bollock1901 bawl1903 scrub1911 burn1914 to hang, draw, and quarter1930 to tear a strip off1940 to tear (someone) off a strip1940 brass1943 rocket1948 bitch1952 tee1955 fan- the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly threshc1384 to knock the socks offa1529 thump1597 thrash1609 thwacka1616 capot1649 to beat to snuff1819 to knock into a cocked hat1830 to —— (the) hell out of1833 sledgehammer1834 rout1835 whop1836 skin1838 whip-saw1842 to knock (the) spots off1850 to make mincemeat of1853 to mop (up) the floor with1875 to beat pointless1877 to lick into fits1879 to take apart1880 to knock out1883 wax1884 contund1885 to give (a person) fits1885 to wipe the floor with1887 flatten1892 to knock (someone) for six1902 slaughter1903 slather1910 to hit for six1937 hammer1948 whomp1952 bulldozer1954 zilch1957 shred1966 tank1973 slam-dunk1975 beast1977 1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet iii, in New Monthly Mag. Sept. 157 It beats all others into fits. 1844 G. W. Kendall Santa Fé Exped. The man ran after the thievish Indian, and the corporal cried out to him to give him fits if he caught him. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xx. 76 Till the little wretch screams herself into fits. 1851 Knickerbocker Mag. 37 102 He's given the Mexicans, to their pain, Such charming fits—and will again. 1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home i. 7 He beat you to fits in the Latin verse. 1860 L. V. Harcourt Diaries G. Rose II. 104 Such a proposal..would have thrown him into fits. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. iv. 48 If you could only give him his head, he would read the clergyman to fits. 1861 J. Blackwood Let. 23 Dec. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1954) III. 474 Your account of Caliban's exploit..has put me into fits. Archie is in an extasy with it. 1871 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master xii. 101 I rather guess as how the ole man..will give pertickeler fits to our folks to-day. 1877 S. O. Jewett Deephaven iii. 53 She used to take a notion to set in the dark... I should have forty fits, if I undertook it. 1885 J. Runciman Old Pirate in Skippers & Shellbacks 87 We goes out and tackles a East Indiaman..and he gives us fits. 1906 J. London Let. 20 Oct. (1966) 213 Bailey Millard is throwing fits all around the shop..because of the way you worded your announcement. 1924 C. Beaton Diary 12 Apr. in Wandering Years (1961) ii. 44 I had fits at the back of the car because Papa kept shouting. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。