| 单词 | to keep at stick's end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep (a person) at (the) stick's end ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > treat discourteously [verb (transitive)] > treat with lack of affability to show the cold shoulder1816 cold-shoulder1843 to keep (a person) at (the) stick's end1884 1884 Mag. of Art 7 227/2 They [sc. the shopmen] kept us at the stick's end, frowned us down, snatched each play out of our hand ere we were trusted with another. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped viii. 70 The captain, though he kept me at the stick's end the most part of the time, would sometimes unbuckle a bit, and tell me of the fine countries he had visited. 1903 S. R. Crockett Adventurer in Spain v. 131 His mother spoils him, and yet he will not go near her... I keep young Don Rascal at the stick's end, and, lo! I cannot be rid of him from morning to night! 1923 Young India 26 July 251/1 Is the Prince a man of advanced views? Does he... keep British officials and exploiters at stick's end? < as lemmas |
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