单词 | to wish at the devil |
释义 | > as lemmasto wish (a person) at (also †to, †unto) the devil (c) to wish (a person) at (also †to, †unto) the devil: to wish (a person) to be damned or ruined. Now rare or in historical contexts. ΚΠ 1538 L. Ridley Expos. Epist. Iude sig. E.viiv He wolde teche pseudapostels shulde not speake euell, curse wysshe vnto the deuell, hyghe powers and suche as be put in authorytye vnder God. 1548 L. Ridley Expos. Epist. S. Paule to Colossians i. sig. D.iiv There was neuer no mery world, curssyng, and banning, and wisshyng to the Deuill, suche as brought in this newe learnyng, as thei call it. 1554 H. Hilarie Resurreccion of Masse sig. Ciiii.v Wishing at the deuel, bothe me and my masses For playeng suche popishe and iugling partes. 1684 Exquemelin's Hist. Bucaniers i. x. 94 To wish the Ships at the Devil, was no more than to piss upon 'em. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub xi. 194 They heartily wish one another at the Devil. 1822 W. Hazlitt Disagreeable People in Table-talk (1852) 121 Whether they are demons or angels in themselves, you wish them..at the devil. 1881 W. H. Mallock Romance 19th Cent. I. 219 I wish..the little animal was at the devil. 1944 G. Heyer Friday's Child xix. 219 You'll be wishing me at the devil, no doubt. < as lemmas |
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