| 单词 | to hold one's nose to the grindstone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone b. to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone: to get the mastery over another and treat him with harshness or severity, to grind down or oppress; also, in modern use, to keep (oneself or another) continually engaged in hard and monotonous labour. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] ofsiteOE forthringOE overlayOE ofsetOE to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175 overseta1200 defoulc1300 oppressa1382 overpressa1382 overchargec1390 overleadc1390 overliea1393 thringa1400 overcarkc1400 to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425 press?a1425 downthringc1430 vicea1525 tread1526 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533 tyrannizea1533 wring1550 downpress1579 bepress1591 defoil1601 ingrate1604 crush1611 grinda1626 macerate1637 trample1646 society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work hard or toil workeOE swingc1000 to the boneOE labourc1390 toilc1400 drevyll?1518 drudge1548 droy1576 droil1591 to tug at the (an) oar1612 to stand to it1632 rudge1676 slave1707 to work like a beaver1741 to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstone1828 to feague it away1829 to work like a nigger1836 delve1838 slave1852 leather1863 to sweat one's guts out1890 hunker1903 to sweat (also work) one's guts out1932 to eat (also work) like a horse1937 beaver1946 to work like a drover's dog1952 to get one's nose down (to)1962 a1533 J. Frith Mirroure (?1536) ii. sig. Avi v This Text holdeth their noses so hard to the grynde stone that it clean disfigureth their faces. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. Bii I shall to reuenge former hurts, Hold their noses to grinstone. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 44 Salus Populi suffer'd its nose to be held to the Grindstone, till it was almost ground to the grisles; and yet grew never the sharper. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 96 Let him be fetch'd in by the Ears; I'll soon bring his Nose to the Grind-stone. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 309 If they can make the Man stoop to the great Point, they'll hold his Nose to the Grindstone, never fear. 1786 R. Burns Poems 188 Be to the Poor like onie whunstane, And haud their noses to the grunstane. 1828 Lights & Shades Eng. Life II. 13 People whose heads are a little up in the world, have no occasion to keep their nose to the grindstone. 1886 ‘S. Tytler’ Buried Diamonds xxviii His nose is not to be kept at the grindstone the whole year round. < as lemmas |
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