| 单词 | to work double tides |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work double tides double tides phr. to work double tides: see tide n. to work double tides 14. (in) double tides, ? as if taking advantage of both the tides in one day; esp. to work double tides, to work as hard as possible; so to roar, spin, etc. double tides. Cf. sense 8. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy with (also in) mood and maineOE vigour13.. with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 with (one's) forcec1380 like anything1665 hammer and tongs1708 like stour1787 (in) double tides1788 like blazes1818 like winking1827 with a will1827 like winky1830 like all possessed1833 in a big way1840 like (or worse than) sin1840 full swing1843 like a Trojan1846 like one o'clock1847 like sixty1848 like forty1852 like wildfire1857 like old boots1865 like blue murder1867 like steam1905 like stink1929 like one thing1938 like a demon1945 up a storm1953 1788 F. Burney Diary July (1842) IV. 162 I was most content to work double tides for the pleasure of his company. 1805 Naval Chron. 13 243 The..Caulkers worked extra double tides in gangs. 1832 Examiner 745/2 The artisans work double tides, that is, they perform two days' labour in one. 1859 C. M. Yonge Cameos lii, in Monthly Packet Aug. 128 There is not a spinster in Brittany who will not spin double tides until my purchase money be raised. 1889 H. R. Haggard Allan's Wife 300 The wounded lioness was now roaring double tides. < as lemmas |
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