| 单词 | to put bad mouth on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (a) bad mouth on 1. Esp. in African-American usage: a curse, a jinx, a bad spell. Chiefly in to put (a) bad mouth on. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > spell > malignant enchantment or curse curse1382 taking1541 ban1603 malignation1652 bad mouth1832 brujería1838 weird1874 Indian sign1901 hex1909 whammy1940 1832 S. G. Goodrich Syst. Universal Geogr. 267 They [sc. negroes in the southern United States] have no obi-men, though they fear an evil prediction, which they call ‘putting a bad mouth’ upon a person. 1835 W. G. Simms Partisan I. xv. 190 Maybe..he has an enemy, and would have a bad mouth put upon him. 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. July 47/1 I almost believe that stupid Mr. Twitty put a bad mouth on the day. 1890 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 3 205 I was once told by some negro field-hands that a certain old black woman whom I knew had the power of putting ‘bad mouth’ on whomsoever she pleased, and it was therefore the wisest plan not to anger her. 1927 R. E. Kennedy Gritny People 112 She..assured him that she would be the ‘las' person in dis worl' to put bad mouth on him an' roll any stone in his way’. 1970 H. M. Hyatt Hoodoo i. 255 I have known of people that have had the record of saying that they could put a bad mouth on you. 1995 M. Collins Colour of Forgetting 44 But I don't want to put bad mouth on this thing. God prevent that from happening. < as lemmas |
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