| 单词 | to raise the devil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto raise the Devil b. transitive. In various figurative phrases, as to raise the Devil, to raise the mischief, to raise (Old) Ned (U.S. slang, now rare), etc.: to create a disturbance; to cause trouble, uproar, or confusion. to raise Cain, hell, hob: see the final element. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > cause a disturbance [verb (intransitive)] to raise a dust1649 to stir up a hornets' nest1740 row1797 to kick up a shindy1829 to raise Cain1840 to raise the mischief1840 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [verb (intransitive)] > uproar or tumult clamourc1400 rumblec1405 shout1513 racket1617 to keep a (bad, etc.) quarter1632 to raise a dust1649 obstreperate1765 row1797 uproar1834 to raise Cain1840 to raise the mischief1840 to raise (also lift) the roof1845 steven1855 tow-row1877 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 1705 J. Vanbrugh Confederacy v. ii Sir, give me an Account of my Necklace, or I'll make such a Noise in your House I'll raise the Devil in't.] 1840 Daily Pennant (St. Louis) 2 May Why have we every reason to believe that Adam and Eve were both rowdies? Because..they both raised Cain. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lxiii He was going to raise the devil. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. v. 69 Your fact'ry gals..'ll go to work raisin' promiscoous Ned. 1859 N.Y. Weekly Tribune 10 Sept. 7/4 The accounts in The Tribune raise Old Ned. 1865 ‘Mark Twain’ Item which Editor could not Understand in Celebrated Jumping Frog (1867) 111 The boss-editor has been in here raising very the mischief and kicking the furniture about. 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 241 See you why your pokings and pryings have raised the Devil in Sussex? 1931 Helena (Montana) Independent 27 Dec. 16/4 Even the wild debs, the ones who raise Ned all over the place, favor this type of photo for publicity purposes. 1946 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 16 Jan. 9/1 The dill pickle wil probably raise the mischief with my ulcer. 1970 A. Price Labyrinth Makers ix. 107 If Steerforth had raised the devil, they were also..on the devil's work, with its own load of trouble and mischief. 2000 Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon) (Nexis) 1 Nov. People have got to raise the devil over not getting their pain medications. < as lemmas |
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