单词 | to sling the hatchet |
释义 | > as lemmasto sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet b. to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet: to exaggerate; to fabricate, invent. Cf. to draw the long bow at longbow n. Phrases. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase] to go beyond the moon?c1430 to cast beyond the moon1559 to lay on load?1562 to lay it on with a trowela1616 all (his) geese are swans1621 to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667 to lay it on thick1740 to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778 to come it1796 to make a thing about (also of)1813 to draw with the long-bow1823 to pitch it strong1823 to overegg the pudding1845 to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865 to god it1870 to strong it1964 to stretch it (or things)1965 1778 F. Pilon Invasion i. 14 Tat. Split my drum sticks, how you do fling the hatchet, Serjeant! Drill. Why do you doubt my word, you dog! 1821 P. Egan Life in London iii. 217 There is nothing..‘throwing the hatchet’ about this description. It is the plain and naked truth. 1826 J. O'Keeffe Recoll. I. iv. 147 Saying this, I do not myself fling the hatchet, as Daly told me the circumstance. 1893 T. B. Foreman Trip to Spain 97 The ladies titter, knowing, as we do, the skipper's habit of slinging the hatchet. 1901 E. R. Suffling Innocents on Broads x. 244 If you can't sling the hatchet with any man..I'll eat my boots... You are a proper liar, and no mistake. 1996 J. A. Ferguson Miss Charity's Case x. 121 Sling the hatchet at someone else, young man. I do not need you lathering me with untruths. < as lemmas |
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