| 单词 | to kick over the traces |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kick over the traces c. Phrases. to kick against the pricks (spur, goad): to strike the foot against such sharp-pointed or piercing weapons; also figurative to be recalcitrant to one's own hurt. to kick over the traces: (of a horse) to get a leg over the traces so as to kick more freely and vigorously; figurative to throw off the usual restraints. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist > resist something inevitable or irresistible to kick against the pricks (spur, goad)c1380 spurnc1390 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > kick startleOE kickc1386 winch1483 fling1487 yark?1561 smite1600 to lash out1852 to kick over the traces1861 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (intransitive)] > escape from restraint > throw off restraint to throw off1551 to break forth1608 to take a loose1703 to let rip1857 to kick over the traces1861 to cut loose1900 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 436 It is hard to kyke aȝen þe spore. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ix. 5 It is hard to thee, for to kyke aȝens the pricke. 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.vi It is harde kyckynge against the gode. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. x. 397 Advising that honest man is kicking against the pricks. 1861 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xlii I'll go about with the rogue. He is inclined to kick over the traces, but I'll whip him in a little. 1871 E. F. Burr Ad Fidem i. 4 Kicking against the pricks of the constitution, and course of nature. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. viii. 354 The effervescence of genius which drives men to kick over the traces of respectability. 1882 W. Besant Revolt of Man i. 32 Always..some kicking over the limits of convention. to kick over the traces 3. figurative (from senses 1, 2), esp. in phrases; cf. collar n. 8 †out of trace, out of proper connection, out of order. into the traces, into regular work. to kick over the traces: see kick v.1 1c. to break a trace, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > in disorder [phrase] at or on six and sevenOE out of kinda1375 out of rulea1387 out of tonea1400 out of joint1415 out of nockc1520 out of tracea1529 out of order1530 out of tune1535 out of square1555 out of kilter1582 off the hinges?1608 out of (the) hinges?1608 in, out of gear1814 out of gearing1833 off the rails1848 on the bumc1870 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciii All is out of harre, and out of trace. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 203 He was too fond of my genius to force it into the traces. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. iii. 46 Cut thy trace from the cloister, and take thy road to the shop. c1845 W. T. Porter Big Bear Arkansas 101 You must marry that gal and no mistake, or break a trace! 1871 Harper's Mag. Dec. 155/2 I do not feel that I ever was out of that party. I may have got one leg over the traces, but I was in the harness all the while. < as lemmas |
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