| 单词 | to take a running jump at oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a running jump at oneself colloquial. to take a running jump at oneself (later to take a running jump): used (esp. in imperative or optative) to express hostility, contempt, or defiant indifference. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (intransitive)] > oaths implying rejection to take a running jump at oneself1871 1871 West Coast Times (Hokitika, N.Z.) 24 Oct. 3/1 [Citing an Australian newspaper] The Courier ‘had better take a running jump at itself’, to use a colloquial idiom. 1901 W. Irwin Love Sonnets of Hoodlum vii Avaunt, false Life, with all your pride and pelf: Go take a running jump and chase yourself! 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine ii. 76 You go and take a running jump at yourself. 1972 M. Gilbert Body of Girl xx. 180 I told her to take a running jump at herself. The only person who could make trouble for me would be old Henry Prior. 1984 Truckin' Life Mag. Apr. 25/1 Smart girl told the middlemen bloodsuckers to take a running jump. 2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) ix. 121 He'd root out the truth in his own way and the Big White Chief, to put it politely, could take a running jump. < as lemmas |
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