单词 | to make minced meat of |
释义 | > as lemmasto make minced meat of 2. figurative. Something that is cut up very small, fragmented, or rendered digestible. Frequently in to make minced meat of and similar phrases (colloquial). Cf. mincemeat n. 2. ΚΠ a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV xxxiv, in Poems (1878) IV. 9 Neighbour Kings..Hee Courts by his Ambassadors; and fitts with a new minc't-meat, seueral appetites. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iv. 62 The Sun and Moon, and those little minc'd-meats of 'em. 1715 B. Griffin Love in Sack ii. iii. 54 I shall be cut to pieces, Made minced Meat of. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 208 So as to displume him,..so, in short, as to make minced-meat of him. 1805 S. J. Pratt Love's Trials ii. vi, in Harvest Home II. 283 If ever I put on armour again, either for love or glory, why they may make minced-meat of me. 1871 D. H. Strother Virginia Illustr. xv. 278 The favorite pursuit of man, civilized and barbarian, Christian and heathen, is to make hash and minced meat of each other. 1885 A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 60 Some-one..spake Of fixed intent and purpose stony To serve King George, enlist and make Minced-meat of ‘Boney’. 1898 A. Balfour By Stroke of Sword (ed. 4) xxi Father Miguel..was straightway resolved into minced meat. 1974 S. Plumpp Steps to break Circle 21 My Black Man's days are epic cold cuts Minced meat of black meanings. 1999 Ottawa Sun (Electronic ed.) 7 Nov. The Lions made minced meat out of an awesome Tampa defence. < as lemmas |
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