| 单词 | to play duck and drake with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play (at) duck and drake with a. figurative. In phrases: to make ducks and drakes of or with, to play (at) duck and drake with: to throw away idly or carelessly; to play idly with; to handle or use recklessly; to squander. ΘΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 c1600 Timon (1980) v. v. 83 I will make duckes & drakes with this my golde..Before your fingers touch a piece thereof. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. 34 A miser has it in his power to make ducks and drakes of his guineas. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 32 His Majesty's Government never intended to give over the British army to the Governors of this Kingdom to make ducks and drakes with. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 111 Ye..grew So witty that ye play'd at ducks and drakes With Arthur's vows. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. vi. 52 Finding the..money to..play duck and drake with ever after. < as lemmas |
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