单词 | to knock all of a heap |
释义 | > as lemmasto knock all of a heap e. all of (†on) a heap: all in a mass falling or fallen; so †all on (upon) heaps; to strike all of (†on) a heap (colloquial): to paralyze, prostrate mentally, cause to collapse; also, to knock all of a heap. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [phrase] > falling or fallen in a mass all on (upon) heaps1594 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > perplex, nonplus [phrase] to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end1377 to cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes?a1475 to set (also run) on ground1600 to make butter and cheese of1642 to put to the gaze1646 philogrobolized in one's brains1653 to strike all of (on) a heap1711 to blow, cast, throw stour in one's eyes1823 knot1860 to give (one) furiously to think1910 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 223 Lord Bassianus lies bereaud in blood, All on a heape. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. xi. 38 That lyes like a Net all on heaps in the water. 1711 Brit. Apollo 26–29 Jan. A Young Woman..struck me all on a heap. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 205 This alarm'd us both; and he seem'd quite struck of a Heap. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xxi. 151 The story..is long and interesting;—but it would be running my history all upon heaps to give it you here. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xi. 236 The interrogatory seemed to strike the honest magistrate, to use the vulgar phrase, ‘all of a heap’. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 120 Some one who..will not be struck all of a heap like a child by the vain pomp of tyranny. 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess i. 3 It..struck her horse upon the spine..so that it fell all of a heap on to the veldt. 1898 W. J. Locke Idols xiii It knocked the prosecution all of a heap. 1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 7 Sept. 183/3 Its owner's anxiety to knock the critics all of a heap. < as lemmas |
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