| 单词 | to shit on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shit on (also upon, all over) Phrases P1. to shit on (also upon, all over). a. To treat with contempt, to insult; to mistreat. ΚΠ 1624 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1885) III. 201 I care not for the Kinges lawes a fart, and shite on the Kinges lawes. 1699 Trip to Holland Pref. I fall upon a Nation which shits upon all the world beside, if over witting it may be called so, and I think nasty terms are fitly apply'd to such nasty People. 1852 C. G. Born Let. 12 July in Executive Documents U.S. Senate (36th Congress, 1st Sess.) (1860) No. 38. 37 He rejoined, ‘Bah, I will show you that you are in Prussia, and that we shit on your government and couriers.’ 1925 Englische Studien 60 279 A very telling expression was that commonly used by a man who had been ‘told off’ at the orderly room, that he had been shit on from a great height. 1940 P. Larkin Let. 20 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 5 I've read all the interesting books I brought & feel generally shat upon. 1947 R. Winston & C. Winston tr. H. B. Gisevius To Bitter End 566 For years these generals have shit all over us. They promised us everything; they've kept not one of their promises. 1963 A. Ginsberg Let. 8 Apr. in A. Ginsberg & L. Ginsberg Family Business (2001) 204 Of course all the square sons of Russia probably line up to shit on Yevtuchenko & Voznesensky so they can keep their jobs in univ. 1973 T. Crouse Boys on Bus i. iii. 62 And as soon as he got elected, he turned around and shat on all the people who had worked their asses off for him. 1991 J. F. Freedman Against Wind 387 Wolf flashes him a wide smile that clearly says ‘..asshole, you shit all over us, now it's our turn to reciprocate.’ 2004 D. Mitchell Cloud Atlas (U.K. ed.) 150 Felix f∗∗∗∗∗g Finch! That c∗∗∗ who shat on my book in his poncy f∗∗∗∗∗g mag? b. In imperative, as shit on —— (also shit upon ——): expressing dismissal or contempt for a person. Cf. the hell with —— at hell n. and int. Phrases 3c. ΚΠ 1533 in A. Wood 1549 Rebellions (2007) iii. 132 And shyte upon its hed [sc. a cross] to make it a foote hyegher then it is. 1585 in L. Montrose Subj. of Eliz. (2006) x. 137 Shyte uppon your Queene; I would to god shee were dead that I might shytt on her face. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew v. sig. N2 Mar. Introth my Master is so merry with yours within—. Ran. Shite o' your Master. My Master's Steward's a better Man. 1840 J. B. Ker Suppl. Ess. Archæol. Pop. Phrases, Terms, & Nursery Rhymes 290 Let his timid dupe say to him at once, shit upon you! 1930 J. Hanley German Prisoner 25 ‘Why should you not suffer as well as us?.. Shit on you,’ and he spat savagely into the German's face. 1948 J. Kerouac Jrnl. 23 Aug. in Windblown World (2004) 123 Shit on the Russians, shit on the Americans, shit on them all. I'm going to live life my own ‘lazy-no-good’ way, that's what I'm going to do. 1995 V. Chandra Red Earth & Pouring Rain (1996) 425 At this Sanjay felt so angry that his eyes watered, and his throat began to hurt again... ‘Well, shit on that.’ 2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons i. ii. 16 Featherstone was undoubtedly slightly drunk. He said, Well, shit on you. c. To surpass by a large margin; to be much better than. ΚΠ 1992 Re: Wanted: Listening Suggestions in alt.music.alternative (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Apr. They have just released a new album and are the best australian band that there is. They shit on the hard-ons. 1995 E. van Halen in Guitar World Feb. 61/1 It's a bad-ass little amp. It just shits all over every other combo on the market. 2001 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 July t23 This is my 50th odd job as an actor and it shits on everything else I've done so far. 2008 J. Armstrong & S. Bain Peep Show 2nd Ser. Episode 4. 103/2 Good old Columbo! Just the one technique of course. Still, shits on Quincy. Categories » P2. to shit or get off the pot and variants: see pot n.1 Phrases 13. P3. U.S. not to know whether to shit or go blind: not to know what to do or say as a consequence of a dilemma, an awkward situation, etc.Quot. 1954 is from an account of a tale told to the author in 1932. ΚΠ 1946 A. Chidester Long Year xii. 107 Man doesn't know whether to shit or go blind. 1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) c. 148 The town fellow stood there with his mouth open, and he didn't know whether to shit or go blind. 1972 D. E. Westlake Cops & Robbers (1973) 167 He stared at the telephone. He didn't know what to say or what to do. He really and truly didn't know whether to shit or go blind. 1989 D. DeLillo Names 217 There I was, in their path, the goats piling up behind me... I didn't know whether to shit or go blind. 2000 New Yorker 10 Jan. 36/2 During the day the plant is a hotbed of activity, auditors everywhere. They don't know whether to shit or go blind. P4. a. U.S. don't shit where you eat and variants: advising the avoidance of sexual activities with a work colleague or a client. ΚΠ 1953 S. Bellow Adventures of Augie March 21 Don't shit where you eat. 1977 T. Berger Who is Teddy Villanova? 137 The point is not to get involved with someone you work with every day. You don't want to shit where you eat. 1984 M. Medved Hospital 109 The point is not to get [romantically] involved with someone you work with every day. You don't want to shit where you eat. 2000 Esquire June 38/2 There are few places where the edict ‘Don't shit where you eat’ is followed so closely as a restaurant kitchen. 2009 N.Y. Mag. 25 May 66/3 Have you ever been hit on or picked up by a customer?.. ‘No, don't shit where you eat.’ b. British. to shit on one's own doorstep: to behave in such a way as to make life difficult for oneself (spec. advising the avoidance of sexual activity with a work colleague or a client; cf. don't shit where you eat at Phrases 4a). Cf. to foul one's own nest at nest n. 1b. ΚΠ 1962 B. Moore Answer from Limbo 242 Look,..I never before in my life shit on my own doorstep, you know what I mean... So, if we go inside, I want it quiet, okay? 1987 P. Robinson Gallows View (2000) xiii. 222 ‘You know when your rich friends at the club are likely to be away, and you tip someone off. But it went wrong with Thelma Pitt, didn't it?’.. ‘Look, I wouldn't shit on my own doorstep, would I?’ 2002 R. Gervais & S. Merchant Office: Scripts 1st Ser. Episode 6. 257 I'd have done her but that would be shitting on your own doorstep. P5. to shit a brick (also bricks): to be extremely worried or frightened; also as int. ΚΠ 1937 ‘J. Curtis’ You're in Racket, Too 248 I was sweating bricks.] 1959 E. Schiddel Devil in Bucks County iv. ii. 266 You can go on over there an' tell 'em to go shit a brick. That's what you tell 'em. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1269/1 Shit, esp. be shitting, bricks, to be really worried,..to be thoroughly frightened. 1965 M. Shadbolt Among Cinders x. 83 ‘A queer thing. Something psychological.’ ‘Shit a brick,’ he said. 1976 H. Ferguson Confessions Long Distance Acid Head 48 By the time I got back to the hospital they were all shitting bricks. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples vii. 216 ‘Prince will shit a brick,’ Billy said with a giggle. 1987 D. F. Wallace Broom of Syst. (1993) 304 We're shitting all kinds of different bricks over that one. 2002 P. Theroux in Granta Winter 196 ‘I would have shit a brick.’ ‘I was wicked scared,’ Walter said. < as lemmas |
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