| 单词 | to set cock on the hoop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set cock on the hoop Phrases P1. Phrases referring to cockerels or roosters, or other birds. a. Proverb. as the old cock crows, the young cock learns and variants: young people will follow the example of their elders. Scottish and Irish English in later use. ΚΠ c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 48 (MED) As þe cocke croweth, so þe chekyn lernyth. c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) i. l. 1288 Euer the yonge cok croweth as the olde precheth. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxviii The yonge Cok lerneth to crowe hye of the olde. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 157 As the olde cocke crowes so doeth the chick. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 176 Which by the Proverbe euery man discernes, Since as the old Cocke crowes, the young Cock learns. 1702 Libamina Junioribus Philologis Degustanda 37 Patrem sequitur sua proles, as the old cock crows the young cock learns. 1821 W. Scott Pirate II. v. 103 As the old cock crows the young cock learns... The father declares against the king's customs, and the daughter against the king's crown. 2012 P. Taylor Irish Country Wedding xlii. 360 ‘You two know Barry,’ O'Reilly said... ‘One of the best young GPs in Ulster.’ ‘Och,’ said Sir Donald, ‘as the old cock crows so the young cock learns.’ ‘I'd a very good teacher, sir.’ Barry glowed at O'Reilly's compliment. b. a cock to Aesculapius and variants: something offered in thanks or gratitude, or as a sign of allegiance.With allusion to Socrates's last words, as related by Plato, in which he asked his friend Crito to offer a cockerel or rooster to Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine (see quot. 1542). Aesculapius is the Roman form of the god's name. ΚΠ 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f.30v Crito..we bee now endebted to ye God Aesculapius of a cocke, whiche duely to paye, in no wise bee ye negligente.] 1677 T. Sherley tr. T. T. de Mayerne Medicinal Councels vii. 64 The great and good God, the Author of health, perform your desires, to whom be praise; and let there be dedicated to your self Æsculapius his Cock, the Hieroglyphick of Vigilance. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxi. 216 I would..sacrifice a cock to Æsculapius, were I assured that any person had been taken up for extirpating such a troublesome Goth as you are from the face of the earth. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. iv. 220 Bodin in this sophistry was undoubtedly insincere. He goes on, however, having purposely sacrificed this cock to Æsculapius, to contend that, if several religions exist in a state, the prince should avoid violence and persecution. 1979 W. B. Ober Boswell's Clap (1988) p. xii In may ways this collection is a cock to Aesculapius, offered in oblation to a profession that has been kind to me. c. (a) †cock of India [compare French coq d'Inde (1575 or earlier)] : a male turkey (Obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Meleagrididae (turkey) > male cock of India1546 brissel-cockc1565 guinea-cock1577 turkey-cock1578 gobbler1725 bubbly jock1785 staga1825 Tom1840 longbeard1974 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Dii His dronken red snout I wold haue made as oft chaunge from hew to hew, As doth the cocks of Inde. 1613 T. Miles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times iv. xi. 378/1 The Spaniards would offer them Gallypands or Cocks of India, which they did eate sodden for the most part. (b) cock of the wood or woods: the capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. [Perhaps after Irish coileach feá, †coileach feadha, lit. ‘cock of the wood’, formerly denoting the capercaillie, now usually the woodcock (Early Irish cailech feda capercaillie).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Tetraonidae (grouse) > [noun] > member of genus Tetrao (capercailye) capercailliec1540 cock of the wood or woods1610 mountain cock1659 wood-pheasant1705 wood-partridge1772 wood-grouse1776 caper1902 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iii. iii. 83 The Crane, Storke, Cocke of the Wood, Wood-Cocke, Heath-Cocke, Heath-Poote, Grouse, Turtill. 1772 J. R. Forster Hudson's Bay Birds in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 395 The great cock of the wood is as big as a turkey. 1807 Sir W. Bowles in Lett. 1st Earl Malmesbury (1870) II. 34 To shoot any Cocks of the wood..of which we hear such famous accounts here. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 640 At the breeding season in spring the cock of the woods is very lusty. 2012 T. C. Smout in T. M. Devine & J. Wormald Oxf. Handbk. Mod. Sc. Hist. i. i. 25 The capercaillie, the ‘cock of the woods’ of the pine forests, survived until around 1780. (c) †cock of the mountain: the capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (obsolete rare). [Probably after Italian gallo di montagna (compare quot. 1676).] ΚΠ 1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ ii. 123 Urogallus, Tetrao major Aldrov... Venetis [i.e. by the Venetians] gallo di montagna. Cock of the Mountain, or of the Wood. (d) cock-of-the-rock: either of two large passerine birds of the genus Rupicola (family Cotingidae), of South American rainforests, the males of which have bright orange-red plumage and a crest.Cf. rock-cock n. at rock n.1 Compounds 2c. ΚΠ 1787 C. Taylor Surv. Nature II. iv. 31 (heading) The cock of the rocks. 1837 W. Swainson On Nat. Hist. & Classif. Birds II. 76 Rupicola, or rock manakin of Cayenne. The familiar name of cock of the rock, long bestowed on this bird, is very characteristic. 1949 Oxf. Junior Encycl. II. 84/1 The Cock-of-the rock..is a fairly large bird, coloured bright orange-red, with a large, circular crest growing from each side of the head. 2007 Esquire Nov. 49/2 Cock-of-the-rock. This colourful South American species has been named as one of the birds most likely to be gay. (e) cock of the plains: the sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus (North American, now historical). ΚΠ 1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 20 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1988) V. 129 Capt. C. killed a cock of the plains or mountain cock. It was of a dark brown colour with a long and pointed tail larger than the dunghill fowl. 1917 E. H. Forbush in T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. II. 29 Sage Hen..Cock of the Plains..exceeds all other Grouse in size, with the possible exception of the great Black Grouse..of Europe. 2000 Assoc. Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 16 Oct. The sage grouse is an icon, the cock of the plains that Lewis and Clark wrote about in their journals. (f) †cock of the North or cock o' the North: the brambling, Fringilla montifringilla; (sometimes also) the capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (Scottish, Obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla montifringilla (brambling) brambling1570 mountain spink1611 bramble1674 mountain finch1678 snow-finch1781 snow-hammer1802 snow-lark1832 cock of the North1834 furze-chucker1847 bramble-finch1865 1834 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. No. 3. 83 The birds of passage that visit us in winter are the fieldfare, the red-wing, the snow-flake, and the cock of the north. 1851 New Sporting Mag. Mar. 205 We had also the pleasure..of feasting our eyes on that wild and magnificent bird, ‘the cock of the north’ (capercailzie). 1925 H. M. Batten Nature from Highways 56 Few people know this bird in a wild, free state—the brambling, or bramble finch, or Cock o' the North as you choose to call it. 1996 Perthshire Advertiser 13 Feb. 23/2 One [bird] I particularly look out for..is known as the ‘Cock o' the North’, or alternatively as ‘Tartan Back’. Another pseudonym will give a stronger clue: ‘Bramble Finch’... At last, my first brambling has put in an appearance. d. to jump (also leap) from cock to ass and variants: to write or speak in an illogical, confused, or nonsensical fashion; to ramble, waffle. Now rare. [After Middle French, French sauter du coq à l'âne (see cockalane n.).] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > use inelegant language [verb (intransitive)] > write or discourse disconnectedly to jump from cock to ass1549 ramble1616 1549 tr. J. Calvin Short Instr. Good Christian People sig. F.iiiv These braynelesse menne woulde transport it wyth theym for to make it leape quickelye from the cocke to the Asse [Fr. sauter subit du coq à l'asne]. 1659 J. Howell Let. composed of French Prov. sig. A4v, in Παροιμιογραϕια Oftentimes in too much debate Truth is lost, especially in matters of Religion; You shall meet with many there of this cavilling humor, that will ever and anon leap from the Cock to the Asse. 1848 New Monthly Mag. May 116 Bonivard turned him [sc. a monk] into ridicule... ‘He jumps from the cock to the ass like an idiot!’ 1926 Spectator 25 Dec. 1155/1 The book is pleasant..just because it is desultory, irrelevant, and disorderly. As you turn the pages you go, not only from cock to donkey, but from 1780 to 1926 without the slightest explanation or excuse. 1995 Y. Tobin Invariance, Markedness & Distinctive Feature Anal. vii. 237 To start with one subject and end with another; to jump from cock to ass; to switch from topic to topic. e. (a) In collocation with bull, with reference to a long, rambling, or implausible story, as a story of a cock and a bull, to talk of a cock and a bull, etc. Now somewhat rare. [Probably so called because the unlikely pairing of subjects is suggestive of a rambling, incoherent, or nonsensical narrative; compare earlier to jump (also leap) from cock to ass at Phrases 1d. Attempts to derive the phrase from a particular story are unconvincing. (The frequently suggested derivation from travellers' gossip at two coaching inns (‘The Cock’ and ‘The Bull’) in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, is a folk etymology.)] ΚΠ 1608 J. Day Law-trickes sig. G2v That boy is worth his waight in pearle, dist marke what a tale of a Cock and a Bull, he tolde my father whilst I made thee and the rest away, by a bill of Conueyance at his back? 1667 Sir R. Moray in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) II. 83 I would not begin to talk of any matters & hee did not, so wee talkt about an hour of a cock and a bull. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 147 To set their hearers agape with an idle story of a cock and a bull. 1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 73 I have a letter from Stevenson who has..got accounts that Scindiah had joined the Kolapoor man..etc. etc., all about a cock and a bull. 1829 R. Southey Pilgrim to Compostella Prel. in All for Love 153 Come! out with a murder,..a Goblin,..a Ghost, Or a tale of a Cock and a Bull! 2014 M. Watman Harvest xii. 220 Is it all just a story about a cock and a bull? (b) cock-and-bull: used as a modifier to designate a long, rambling, implausible, or untrue story, esp. one used as an explanation or excuse. Chiefly in cock-and-bull story. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of > rambling tale tale of a tub1532 cock-and-bull story1670 blind story1699 peramble1824 shaggy dog story1937 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400 tale of a tub1532 Canterbury tale or story?a1550 romanza1622 romance1638 onea1642 Robin Hood tale1653 cock-and-bull story1670 stretcher1674 whid1794 fish-story1819 snake story1826 screamer1831 twister1834 ráiméis1835 Munchausen1840 skyscraper1840 Munchausenism1848 cock1851 snake yarn1891 furphy1916 fanny1930 the old ackamarackus1933 windy1933 1670 W. Annand Pater Noster 165 This is such a Cock and Bull story, as the proverb hath it, that it needs, nay deserves to have no answer, but a hiss. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 77 Not to tire you with the repetition of all the cock and bull stories which I have formerly told you, etc. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow I. xvi. 230 He told me a cock-and-a-bull story about his father's devotion to science. 1884 Belgravia Holiday No. 64 They must first have cut the wires, and then come in to the cantonment to tell me this cock-and-bull tale. 1921 S. Gordon Avenger iii. xv. 384 Good Lord, Ken, did you drag me down here to tell me this cock-and-bull yarn? 1952 F. Yerby Woman called Fancy xvi. 305 I'm going to invite them in—let them search the place. Give them a cock and bull story about sending the boy away with one of the servants. 2005 S. Rushdie Shalimar the Clown 39 Now he was just an old man investigating a cock-and-bull story. f. like a cock at a gooseberry (also groset and variants): very quickly and without hesitation; eagerly; ‘like a shot’. In later use chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). ΚΠ 1778 J. Robertson Heroine of Love i. 10 What a fuss does she make about running away with a handsome fellow, a thing that half her sex would jump at, like a cock at a gooseberry, as the saying is. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iii. 57 My sooth, they will jump at them [sc. gold coins] in Edinburgh like a cock at a grossart. a1870 D. Thomson Musings among Heather (1881) 44 Tae loup like a cock at a grosset At ilka bit bodie we see, May dae unco weel for some tarlochs, But, lad, it'll no dae for me. 1968 B. Friel Lovers ii. 128 Before we got married, she was full of fight, there: let the aul woman step out of line or say something sharp to me and by God she jumped at her like a cock at a gooseberry. 1989 W. McIlvanney Walking Wounded 83 ‘Sh!’ Gus said. ‘We don't go at this like a cock at a grozet.’ ‘A grozet?’ Fin asked. ‘A gooseberry, Fin,’ Gus said. 2015 @rebeccamcpKe 3 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) If a man jist crep ontae your horizon ye'd be efter him like a cock at a grosset. P2. Phrases referring to fighting cocks. ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 208 Cry cok, or I sall quell the! a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. Prol. 120 Becum thow cowart, crawdoun recryand, And by consent ory [read cry] cok, thy ded is dycht. b. (a) cock of the game: a man likened to a gamecock, esp. in virility, pugnacity, or fighting spirit; (also literal) a cock bred and trained for fighting. Cf. gamecock n. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [noun] > one who fights eagerly cock of the game?1555 cocka1566 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > fighting cock fighting cock1538 cock of the game1569 gamecock1634 game fowl1742 game bird1743 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting > fighting cock cock of the game1569 heeler1688 ?1555 Image of Idlenesse xvi. sig. C.viv Beinge hym selfe a cocke of the game, he [sc. a Gentleman of the Weste partes] thought her to be a henne of the same sorte, and trusted well to haue some iolly good treadynge by the way. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 2 A countryman had a Cocke of the game, which bet and vanquished all other cocks neere about. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 279 Not only these cocks of game, but the very common sort of the dunghill. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Devon 261 [He] was a Cock of the Game..the onely man of note..who..lost his life to save his Queen and Countrey. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 134 Distempers incident to the Cock or Chick of the Game. 1792 Brooke's Fool of Quality (new ed.) II. 113 My adversaries, on all sides, are such cocks of the game. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iii. 59 It will be long ere his lordship ruffle a feather with a cock of the game. 1895 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 126/1 As if some upstart little bantam..were to challenge to a deadly combat some great old cock of the game. 1913 J. Farnol Amateur Gentleman 609 Here's one [sc. a song-book] as is jest the thing for a convivial cock o' the game—a fine, young, slap-up buck like you, my Lord. 2007 ‘L. Burton’ Bound in Moonlight 120 ‘He's a cock of the game, and no denying it,’ Narcissa said. ‘He's also as cold-blooded a viper as ever lived.’ (b) British. cock of the school: (chiefly with the or without article) a schoolboy acknowledged to be pre-eminent by his fellow pupils, esp. at fighting. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > champion or expert champion1721 championess1728 cock of the school1732 Tartar1785 star1811 holder1830 champ1868 scratch-man1877 scratch-player1888 back-marker1895 title holder1900 titlist1912 three-letter man1929 tiger1929 stickout1933 starlet1976 1732 J. Swift Soldier & Scholar 17 My School-master call'd me a Dunce and a Fool; But at Cuffs, I was always the Cock of the School. 1764 K. O'Hara Midas i. 2 Cock of the school He [sc. Jove] bears despotic rule, His word Tho' absurd Must be law. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine viii, in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 531/2 He was the cock of the school out of doors, and the very last boy in. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow I. vi. 70 He bruised his way to the perilous glory of being cock of the school. 1900 Boy's own Paper 17 Nov. 99/2 The best thing would be to speak to Chapman, as he's cock of the school, and ask him to use his influence in getting the thing started. 2012 A. Cartwright How I killed Margaret Thatcher (2013) 46 Rodney's a good footballer but Michael's the cock of the school, so his team usually wins. 2013 @OfficialCourtz 3 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) #TipToYear7s Ask around find out who the cock of the school is and KNOCK him OUT, instant legendary status. (c) cock of the walk: (chiefly with the or without article) a person, typically a man, who is dominant or pre-eminent within a particular sphere or group. Cf. walk n.1 13b.Sometimes with connotations of arrogance or self-importance. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 1781 T. Horde Whimsical Serenade i. 9 His mother, could she always have been cock of the walk, would have fed him with caudle and confectionary. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. ii. 290 In the states' assembly they were then the cocks of the walk. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto i. 5 Mr. Gale, to use his own phraseology, was accustomed to consider himself Cock of the Walk in every society he frequented. 1941 C. Headlam Diary 13 Nov. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) vii. 279 Clearly Winston is still cock of the walk and can go on employing whom he likes. 1995 A. Templeton Last Act of All xiii. 179 Everything points to Martha. She's cock of the walk in the village, and she and Jane are old enemies. 2014 @CFCScience 24 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Arrogant twat. Scores from the spot when the game's already won and thinks he's cock of the walk. c. colloquial. that cock won't fight: used to express the opinion that a particular plan or approach will not succeed. Cf. that dog won't hunt at dog n.1 Phrases 22. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [phrase] that cock won't fight1789 that dog won't hunt1912 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > be inexpedient [phrase] that cock won't fight1789 that dog won't hunt1912 1789 Loiterer 5 Sept. 10 This eloquent harangue was not lost upon me, I immediately began to smoke the old Gentleman. ‘No, (thought I) that cock won't fight.’ 1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas 99 The captain of the boat..went ashore in the hope of persuading them to refund—but that cock wouldn't fight. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. iii. 31 I tried to see the arms on the carriage, but there were none; so that cock wouldn't fight. 1900 Outing July 398/2 Nope; that cock won't fight, neither. There's only one rifle on the crik and the baron's out huntin' with that. 1974 Times 16 Aug. 12/6 This sort of writing is likely to give movies a bad name. Or, as they say in more direct circles, that cock won't fight. 2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Apr. 27 He..would pepper his advice with aphorisms like ‘that cock won't fight’ or ‘that's a horse of an entirely different colour’. a. Apparently: to turn the tap on a cask so that the liquor flows freely. Hence: to drink unstintingly; to drink and make merry. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] to drink deepa1300 bousec1300 bibc1400 to drink drunk1474 quaff1520 to set cock on the hoopa1535 boll1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 guzzle1579 fuddle1588 overdrink1603 to drink the three outs1622 to bouse it1623 sota1639 drifflec1645 to drink like a fisha1653 tope1668 soak1687 to play at swig1688 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 impote1721 rosin1730 dram1740 booze1768 to suck (also sup) the monkey1785 swattle1785 lush1811 to lift up the little finger1812 to lift one's (or the) elbow1823 to crook one's elbow or little finger1825 jollify1830 to bowse up the jib1836 swizzle1847 peg1874 to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot1889 to tank up1902 sozzle1937 to belt the bottle1941 indulge1953 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely wassailc1300 waught?a1513 quaff1520 to drink (it) all outa1522 bibblea1529 quaught1530 to set cock on the hoopa1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567 troll-the-bowl1575 to take one's rousea1593 pot1622 tope1668 toot1676 compotate1694 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 birlea1800 to splice the mainbrace1805 jollify1830 brimmer1838 to give it a bit of a nudge1966 nudge1966 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. vii. sig. F.iiii They..syt them downe & drynke well for our sauiours sake, set cocke a hope & fyll in al the cuppes at once. & than let Christes passion paye for all the shot. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. iv. sig. Giiiv Let vs sette the cocke on the hope, and make good chere, within dores. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. H He maketh hauok, and setteth cocke on the hoope. He is so laueis, the stocke beginneth to droope. 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Living Libr. iii. i. 147 Resolued..to set cock in hoope, and in guzling and good cheere spent all that was left. 1658 R. Brathwait Honest Ghost 26 The Cock on hoop is set Hoping to drink their Lordships out a debt. b. To abandon oneself to reckless enjoyment; to cast off all restraint; (also) to create discord or disorder. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > be merry [verb (intransitive)] > make merry recklessly to set cock on the hoopa1549 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > be incautious [verb (intransitive)] > be rash or reckless racklea1425 to set cock on the hoopa1549 to play at hand over head1590 to throw (also toss, fling, etc.) caution to the wind(s)1751 to play the wild1849 rip1858 to fling (throw) one's cap over the windmill1885 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > throw into commotion or disorder [verb (transitive)] stirc950 disturbc1290 troublec1330 turmoil1530 to set cock on the hoopa1549 garboil1572 blend1594 irrequiate1598 storm1609 uproara1616 embroil1619 dissettle1631 unsettle1651 hurly-burly1678 unhinge1679 disrest1726 commote1852 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 117 Now I am a frysker, all men doth on me looke; What should I do, but set cocke on the hoope? 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxlj There be found diuers..which setting cocke on houpe, beleue nothinge at all, neither regard they what, reason, what, honesty, or what thing conscience doth prescribe. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. vi. f. 138v Lighting in the company of amorous & beautifull Damosells, they set cocke on hoope, and..become as meery as the merreyest. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 80 You'le make a mutenie amongst my guests, You'le set Cocke a hoope, you'le be the man. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub v. iii. 106 in Wks. (1640) III Iohn Clay age'n! nay, then—set Cock a hoope: I ha' lost no Daughter, nor no money, Justice. a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xix. 536 Yea, there are many amongst our selves, who (as our Proverb expresseth it) set Cock on hoop, and as they put the evil day far from them, so together herewith they put away all care, fear, and all troublesome thoughts to the same distance. P4. at (also on) cock: with the cock (sense A. 17) of a firearm lifted to the position from which it can be moved by pulling the trigger; in a cocked position. Cf. full cock n. 1, half-cock n. 2. [After at (also on) full cock at full cock n. 1, at (also on) half cock at half-cock n. 2.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > cocked at (also on) full cock1744 half-cock1745 at (also on) cock1833 1812 Statesman 29 Jan. A youth..having gone out with a fowling-piece, with the intention of shooting a crow, had carelessly allowed the piece to remain on cock. 1833 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 95 Off he went, Like fowling-piece at cock! 1899 Country Life Illustr. 16 Sept. 333/1 I took off the leather, put the big gun on cock, and drew the boat up to within about ninety yards of the fowl. 1900 Forest & Stream 9 Nov. 849/2 Hubert can think while he lives upon the carelessness of carrying a gun at cock through the brush, especially with a companion near him. 1920 C. W. Sawyer Our Rifles 157 The trigger works perfectly, whether either hammer is cocked or both are at cock at once; in this latter case the right hammer always falls first. 2007 D. Hadoke Vintage Guns for Mod. Shot 127/1 One distinct advantage of the hammer gun is the clear indication that a gun is ‘safe’ by the visual checking of whether the hammers are at ‘cock’ or at rest. P5. a. Originally and chiefly Military slang. drop your cocks and grab your socks and variants: used (in imperative) as an exhortation to wake up and get out of bed promptly. Used chiefly but not exclusively of men. ΚΠ 1941 Opus Pistorum (typescript, Univ. Virginia) I. (title page) Drop your cocks and grab your socks. 1962 A. Wesker Chips with Everything ii. i. 52 Hands off your cocks and pull up your socks, it's wake to the sun and a glorious day. 1990 S. Morgan Homeboy 88 No seasons in a jailhouse, only time. No sun to rise and set, just Lights On, Lights Off... ‘Count Time!’ boomed from the front bars. ‘Drop yer cocks n pull up yer socks!’ 2010 Iowa Rev. 40 53 The sergeant..would turn on the lights at some ungodly hour..and shout something like, ‘All right ladies, drop your cocks and grab your socks.’ b. coarse slang. to step (occasionally also trip) on one's cock and variants: to get into trouble; to make a serious blunder; to make a fool of oneself; cf. to step (also trip) on one's dick at dick n.1 Phrases 1.Used chiefly but not exclusively of men. ΚΠ 1971 G. Axelrod Where am I Now vii. 84 You, you stupid bastard! We expect you to step on your cock every time you open your dumb-actor mouth. 1974 R. Stone Dog Soldiers 277 They're setting us up for a bust. That shot was some nark tripping over his cock. 1984 W. J. Caunitz One Police Plaza (1985) v. 85 Don't come crying back to me when you step on your cock. 2006 D. Spiotta Eat Document 190 At least the president is getting his now. He's stepped on his own cock, hasn't he? The war's ending, and now he's going down too. c. coarse slang. to hold one's cock: to be caught off guard; to be unaware or unprepared; (also) to be idle, to waste time; cf. to hold one's dick at dick n.1 Phrases 4.Frequently (and earliest) in to be left holding one's cock.Used chiefly but not exclusively of men. ΚΠ 1977 H. Robbins Dreams die First ix. 61 My partners won't go for it. I got no protection. What if the fucking thing takes off? I get left holding my cock while you grab the brass ring. 2008 M. A. Black Random Victim iv. 26 We can't afford to stand around holding our cocks on this one... The outcome of the election just might be riding on this. 2012 @LoRyder 11 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) My fear? [Peyton] Manning..doesn't pick [the Miami] Dolphins & someone else nabs [Matt] Flynn, leaving us [sc. Dolphins fans] holding our cocks. P6. British colloquial. (all) to cock: in a very bad condition; in or into disarray; out of order; frequently in to go to cock (cf. sense A. 21). ΚΠ 1946 K. Amis Let. 2 Dec. (2000) 102 I am not printing these words because the ribbon on my printer is all 2 cock. 1952 M. Tripp Faith is Windsock vii. 106 We're bloody nigh suffocating. The heating must be to cock. 1964 K. Amis Let. (2000) 656 Our calculations seem to have gone to cock... Hope there's enough money in the Kitty. 1997 Observer 14 Sept. (Review section) 2/8 Unfortunately, like most of the innovations pioneered by these new companies, the plan is all to cock, as I discovered the other day. 2013 Sheffield Tel. (Nexis) 14 Feb. [Football] managers can persuade people to spend money they wouldn't ordinarily do in business and the budget goes to cock. P7. a cock crows loudest on his own dunghill: see dunghill n. and adj. Phrases 1a; a cock of the same hackle: see hackle n.2 Phrases 2; a cock on his own mixen: see mixen n. Phrases 1; as red as a cock: see red adj. and n. Phrases 2; to suck cock: see suck v. Additions. < as lemmas |
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