单词 | to ride a hobby |
释义 | > as lemmasto ride a (also one's) hobby (also hobby-horse) b. to ride a (also one's) hobby (also hobby-horse): to pursue a favourite occupation or interest to an excessive degree (cf. hobby n.1 5). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > fanaticism > pursue a hobby [verb] to ride a (also one's) hobby (also hobby-horse)1672 1672 M. Locke Observ. Ess. Advancem. Mus. 31 If he'l have it so, let him ride his own Hobby Horse. 1713 Honour retriv’d from Faction 37 The present Queen is so Wise as to let them all ride their one Hobby-Horses after their accustomed Manners. 1767 G. S. Carey Momus 11 See him return, declining, and in age, Riding, his only Hobby-Horse, the stage. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. ix. 231 The pleasure of being allowed to ride one's hobby in peace and quiet. 1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 189 He must of course be naturally of a rather attitudinizing turn, fond of brooding and spouting and riding a theological hobby. 1919 Expositor Nov. 136/1 Such planned variety of themes..will save you from the disaster of riding your hobbies to death. 1966 Times 24 Nov. 17/1 With so many different witnesses, there is no danger of one particular hobby-horse being ridden to death. < as lemmas |
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