| 单词 | to show the door |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto show (a person) the door P11. to show (a person) the door and variants: to order or lead (a person) to leave the room or house; to turn out of doors; (figurative) to indicate that one no longer wishes to have dealings with (a person), to dismiss. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > forcibly or ignominiously eject1555 rumble1570 obtrude1595 to show (a person) the door1638 to kick downstairs1678 to kick out1697 drum1720 firk1823 to chuck out1869 bounce1877 boot1880 out-kick1883 turf1888 hoof1893 hound1922 1638 T. Heywood Wise-woman of Hogsdon ii. i sig. C3 Sir Har. Where's Taber? Taber. At hand, noble Master. Sir Har. Shew them the doore. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxi. 148 I shall make bold to show you the door. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 53 Don Rodrigo..showed the goddess of my devotions the outside of the door. 1866 W. Collins Armadale v. iii In your place, I should have shown him the door. 1951 F. Yerby Woman called Fancy vi. 125 He had no guarantee that his father or Agnes wouldn't show him the door. 1977 Time 22 Aug. 14/3 I am getting tired of all those press stories saying we are a Soviet satellite. After all, we are showing the Russians the door. 2015 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Jan. 29 The first time I met him, he spilled two pints over me so I showed him the door. < as lemmas |
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