| 单词 | to the neck |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(up) to the neck b. (up) to the neck: to the point where no more can be taken, to the top. Also figurative, esp. as fed (up) to the neck: satiated, completely tired or bored (with something) (cf. fed adj. 3). ΚΠ 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 288 You'll go from this place to the Lodge, where you'll be fed ‘to the neck’. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. ix. 273 The vacant edifices..are filled to the neck with meal and corn. 1893 A. Bierce Can Such Things Be? i What would any good Christian do, especially one new to the trade and full to the neck with the brotherhood of Man and the fatherhood of God? 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. i. 24 He had consulted a doctor at Bonneville,..who had filled him up to the neck with a dose of some hog-wash stuff that had made him worse. 1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 Dec. a39 It is a time bomb ticking. After a while people get fed up to their necks and they blow up and go amok. 2001 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 10 Nov. 17 The majority look like they are fed up to the neck with war. < as lemmas |
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