| 单词 | to raise hell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto raise hell g. to raise hell: to cause great trouble; to create chaos. Cf. raise v.1 22b.The slogan ‘Kansas should raise less corn and more hell’ is attributed to Mrs Mary Ellen Lease (1853–1933) but proof is lacking. See Kansas Quarterly Fall 1969, 52–58. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > be in commotion or disorder [verb (intransitive)] > cause commotion or disorder to make work?1473 perturb1543 hurly-burly1598 to throw (also fling) the house out of (also at) the window (also windows)1602 tumultuate1611 to beat up the quarters of1670 hurricane1682 larum1729 to kick up, make, raise a stour1787 stour1811 to strike a bustle1823 to cut shindies1829 to kick up a shindy1829 hurricanize1833 rumpus1839 to raise (Old) Ned1840 to raise hell1845 fustle1891 to rock the boat1903 1845 in F. Oehlschlaeger Old Southwest Humor from St. Louis Reveille (1990) 117 Jake was off a raisin' h—l. 1896 Emporia (Kansas) Weekly Gaz. 20 Aug. We have decided to send three or four harpies out lecturing, telling the people that Kansas is raising hell and letting the corn go to weeds. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. viii. 214 What hell Jim will raise if he finds I spent the night working in this house. 1990 U.S. News & World Rep. 17 Dec. 90 I said I was going to raise hell on the field and off. < as lemmas |
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