| 单词 | to shoot trouble |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shoot trouble j. To discard, get rid of; originally in shoot that hat, etc., as a mild imprecation. Also to shoot trouble = trouble-shoot vb. at trouble-shooter n. Derivatives slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] > do without or get rid of to set awayc1430 to throw off1551 to dispense with1576 to down with1581 to fling off1587 to fob offa1616 shoot1877 the world > action or operation > amending > provide a remedy [verb (intransitive)] > put problems right trouble-shoot1938 to shoot trouble1965 1877 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) 586 One lady..with derisive scorn..observed in the language of the day, ‘Oh, shoot that hat!’.. The slang the gang is using now, You'll hear from every lip; It's shoot the hat! and get it boiled; And don't you lose your grip. 1884 J. Hay Bread-winners xvi. 249 If I had all the cash he takes in to-night, I'd buy an island and shoot the machine business. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. i. 188/1 Shoot that (hat, man—anything)!..a mild imprecation, ‘Bother!’ 1928 Sunday Express 18 Mar. 9/2 ‘Tell him to shoot that song-and-dance outfit’.., and jump into some plain overalls. 1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell xiv. 154 When there was trouble..then Murco Monti shot it. Political trouble especially. 1980 P. Harcourt Tomorrow's Treason i. v. 72 I want you to shoot trouble for me till the conference is over. < as lemmas |
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