| 单词 | to overrun the constable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto overrun the constable c. To spend more money than one has; to run into debt; also to overrun the constable. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > be in debt [verb (intransitive)] > run into debt to run in or upon the lash1573 to overrun the constable1699 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Out-run the Constable, to spend more than is Got, or Run out of an Estate. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiii. 211 ‘Harkee, my girl, how far have you over-run the constable?’—I told him that the debt amounted to eleven pounds, besides the expence of the writ. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide vii. i. 44 Poor Man! at th' Election he threw, t' other Day, All his Victuals, and Liquor, and Money away; And some People think with such Haste he began, That soon he the Constable greatly outran. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxix. 261 He has ‘outrun the constable’..his expenses have outrun his means. to overrun the constable (also one's creditors, etc.) †to overrun the constable (also one's creditors, etc.) (slang): to run into debt (obsolete). Cf. constable n. 6.extracted from overrunv.< as lemmas |
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