单词 | to melt one's grease |
释义 | > as lemmasto melt one's grease d. Phrases (chiefly figurative), as to chafe, fret, fry, melt, stew, sweat in one's own grease (cf. fry v.1 3). to melt one's grease: to exhaust one's strength by violent efforts. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > exhaust one's strength or energy to break one's back or necka1616 to melt one's grease1645 break1726 to run out of steam1836 to overdo it1853 to peg out1887 the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > be left in the lurch > to suffer consequences of one's own actions to chafe, fret, fry, melt, stew, sweat in one's own grease1663 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious [verb (intransitive)] > be acutely anxious to be on (the) tenter(s1633 to chafe, fret, fry, melt, stew, sweat in one's own grease1663 to be on (the) tenterhooks1748 to be on heckle pins1850 sweat1963 13.. Coer de L. 4409 Beter it is that we out renne, Thenne as wrehches in house to brenne, And frye inne oure owne gres! a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) viii. 41 Must we needes be still sweating in the greace of our own fleshly wickednesse? 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. G4v There hee sat fretting in his owne grease. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 65 Till the wicked fire of lust haue melted him in his owne greace. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iv. xv. 20 The adventrous Earl Henry of Oxford,..was set upon a desperat Work, wher he melted his grease, and so..died. 1663 S. Tuke Adventures of Five Hours i, in Anc. Brit. Drama III. 415/1 There they stew In their own grease till morning. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 78 Let..the woods and forests blaze away, and the fat soyl of the earth fry in its own grease; these things will not affect us [the rocks and mountains]. ?17.. R. Hood & Gold. Arrow in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 224/2 So we'll leave him chafing in his grease. 1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 96 The day was exceedingly hot, and..Rubios's horse was overheated, and as the phrase was, melted his grease. < as lemmas |
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