英语词汇“to kick up one's heels”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. to kick up one's heels.

†(a) To offer resistance or opposition to something; to lash out. Also to kick up the heel. Obsolete.

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1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 66 We ought not to kicke upp the heele, as repining to live in that state, whereunto by birth we were ordeined.

1614 J. Day Dyall 157 An Adversary, who had somtimes beene his familiar friend, and afterwards kickt vp the heele against him.

1681 News from Doctor's Commons 2 Some [men] are grown so wonderful light and wanton, that they kick up their Heels at all Correction.

1891 E. B. Biggar Anecdotal Life Sir John Macdonald 116 Why did you kick up your heels so on the Confederation question? Have you gone over to the enemy?

†(b) To die. Obsolete.Cf. to turn (also tip, lay, etc.) up one's heels at Phrases 2c(a).

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1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 20 I woud not for a duckat she had kickt vp hir heeles.

?1660 T. Thompson Life Mother Shipton iv. iii. 35 The old dotard my Father, who at the approaching of winter must undauntedly expect to kick up his heels.

1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 160 If he shou'd be so wonderfully complaisant as to kick up his Heels before You, he will take care that his Wife's Charms shan't survive him.

1749 T. Bligh Let. in J. Stevenson Two Cent. Life in Down (1920) xiii. 382 Mrs Montgomery is brought to bed of a daughter and had like to have kicked up her heels.

1845 R. Browning Flight of Duchess xvi, in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 19/1 His heels he'll kick up, Slain by an onslaught fierce of hiccup.

(c) Of a quadruped (typically a horse): to kick up the back legs, especially before galloping away. Also figurative (of a person): to behave in a rebellious, flighty, or capricious manner.

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1653 J. Ford Queen ii. sig. B4^v/2 She's a rank Jade that being past the breeder, cannot kick up her heels..and cry wee-hee.

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iii. i. 24 We lov'd two Ladies.., and just as we were upon the point of leaping into their Arms..they snort, kick up their Heels, and away they run.

1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 397/1 Worn old chargers turned out to grass, if the trumpet sounds over the hedge, may we not kick up our old heels and gallop a minute or so.

a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) i. xxiv. 192 You remind me of a two-year-old..—one of those whipcordy chestnuts that kick up their heels in the paddock.

1998 P. Marshall Riding the Wind (2000) xviii. 216 Children are broken in their youth.., never questioning authority, never kicking up their heels and making a run for it.

2009 C. Kimball Field Guide to Goats 103/1 These carefree little bundles of energy [sc. young goats] kick up their heels.

(d) To dance in a lively manner; (hence) to have fun, to enjoy oneself unreservedly.

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1713 Capt. Bland Northern Atalantis 42 We saw Book-keepers, Journey-men, and Apprentices, and their Taudry Margaretta's kicking up their Heels to a Scotch Trump.

1833 United Service Jrnl. Oct. 198 Jack..found his messmate in a cloud of smoke, kicking up his heels with a fat, jetty young woman, who was shying her legs about in a Scotch reel.

1891 Puck 25 Feb. 10/1 That girl liked nothing under God's heaven so well as to kick up her heels all night at some lowbred, dingy little country hotel.

1959 Anniston (Alabama) Star 7 Sept. 6/5 All those Jet Setters who are kicking up their heels in the South of France.

1990 Delaware Today July 46/3 First it was disco, then dirty, then lambada—whatever way you want to kick up your heels.

2004 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 Aug. 15/2 She's a smart, resourceful young thing and she deserves to kick up her heels.

单词	to kick up one's heels
释义	> as lemmas to kick up one's heels g. to kick up one's heels. †(a) To offer resistance or opposition to something; to lash out. Also to kick up the heel. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 66 We ought not to kicke upp the heele, as repining to live in that state, whereunto by birth we were ordeined. 1614 J. Day Dyall 157 An Adversary, who had somtimes beene his familiar friend, and afterwards kickt vp the heele against him. 1681 News from Doctor's Commons 2 Some [men] are grown so wonderful light and wanton, that they kick up their Heels at all Correction. 1891 E. B. Biggar Anecdotal Life Sir John Macdonald 116 Why did you kick up your heels so on the Confederation question? Have you gone over to the enemy? †(b) To die. Obsolete.Cf. to turn (also tip, lay, etc.) up one's heels at Phrases 2c(a). ΚΠ 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. ii. 20 I woud not for a duckat she had kickt vp hir heeles. ?1660 T. Thompson Life Mother Shipton iv. iii. 35 The old dotard my Father, who at the approaching of winter must undauntedly expect to kick up his heels. 1702 T. Brown Select Epist. Cicero 160 If he shou'd be so wonderfully complaisant as to kick up his Heels before You, he will take care that his Wife's Charms shan't survive him. 1749 T. Bligh Let. in J. Stevenson Two Cent. Life in Down (1920) xiii. 382 Mrs Montgomery is brought to bed of a daughter and had like to have kicked up her heels. 1845 R. Browning Flight of Duchess xvi, in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 19/1 His heels he'll kick up, Slain by an onslaught fierce of hiccup. (c) Of a quadruped (typically a horse): to kick up the back legs, especially before galloping away. Also figurative (of a person): to behave in a rebellious, flighty, or capricious manner. ΚΠ 1653 J. Ford Queen ii. sig. B4^v/2 She's a rank Jade that being past the breeder, cannot kick up her heels..and cry wee-hee. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iii. i. 24 We lov'd two Ladies.., and just as we were upon the point of leaping into their Arms..they snort, kick up their Heels, and away they run. 1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 397/1 Worn old chargers turned out to grass, if the trumpet sounds over the hedge, may we not kick up our old heels and gallop a minute or so. a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) i. xxiv. 192 You remind me of a two-year-old..—one of those whipcordy chestnuts that kick up their heels in the paddock. 1998 P. Marshall Riding the Wind (2000) xviii. 216 Children are broken in their youth.., never questioning authority, never kicking up their heels and making a run for it. 2009 C. Kimball Field Guide to Goats 103/1 These carefree little bundles of energy [sc. young goats] kick up their heels. (d) To dance in a lively manner; (hence) to have fun, to enjoy oneself unreservedly. ΚΠ 1713 Capt. Bland Northern Atalantis 42 We saw Book-keepers, Journey-men, and Apprentices, and their Taudry Margaretta's kicking up their Heels to a Scotch Trump. 1833 United Service Jrnl. Oct. 198 Jack..found his messmate in a cloud of smoke, kicking up his heels with a fat, jetty young woman, who was shying her legs about in a Scotch reel. 1891 Puck 25 Feb. 10/1 That girl liked nothing under God's heaven so well as to kick up her heels all night at some lowbred, dingy little country hotel. 1959 Anniston (Alabama) Star 7 Sept. 6/5 All those Jet Setters who are kicking up their heels in the South of France. 1990 Delaware Today July 46/3 First it was disco, then dirty, then lambada—whatever way you want to kick up your heels. 2004 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 Aug. 15/2 She's a smart, resourceful young thing and she deserves to kick up her heels. extracted from heeln.¹int. < as lemmas
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