单词 | to keep one's toe in one's pump |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep one's toe in one's pump P2. regional (chiefly Irish English). to keep one's toe in one's pump: to keep quiet or calm, not to get excited. Now rare. ΚΠ 1831 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 172 So keep your tongue in your jaw, and your toe in your pump. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. ix. 177 Keep your toe in your pump, and say nothing. 1888 W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales 273 Be easy, Fin. Keep your toe in your pump, will you? 1960 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 5 Feb. Now, Lucius, keep your toe in your pump. You've nicked me already and what's done is done. 1964 Austin News (Chicago) 27 May 16/2 The Irish sed it—we did not...‘Keep your tongue in your jaw and your toe in your pump’. < as lemmas |
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