单词 | to throw over the perch |
释义 | > as lemmasto throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch P1. to come (also get) off one's perch (colloquial): to adopt a less arrogant or condescending manner. to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch (colloquial): to disconcert or humiliate (a person); to remove from a position of superiority. †to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch: to vanquish, ruin; to be the death or destruction of; cf. perk n.1 2b (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (intransitive)] to shed blood?a1100 to let blood?c1225 to be (a person's) priesta1450 shortena1535 kill1535 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to trip (also turn, tumble, kick, etc.) up a person's heels1587 to make dice of (a person's) bones1591 to put out (also quench) a person's light(s)1599 account1848 to fix1875 the mind > emotion > humility > be humble [verb (intransitive)] > become humble to come downa1382 meeka1400 meekena1500 let fall one's crest1531 to come (also get) off one's perch1568 to come down a peg1589 lower1837 to come off the roof1883 to climb down1887 deflate1912 to come, etc., off one's high horse1920 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like E iij Charged to make privy serche, So that if we may be got, we shalbe throwen ouer the perche. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Dv It was inough if a fat man did but trusse his points, to turne him ouer the pearch [in the sweating sicknes]. a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 146 For fear when I am once got into the Grave, the grim Tyrant should give me a turn over the Perch, and keep me there. 1767 J. O'Keefe She Gallant ii. 21 The jade has spit upon my nose; I wish I had a charg'd pistol, I'd blow her off her perch. 1864 Athenæum 22 Oct. 523/3 Lord John Russell..took the Dean off his perch. 1896 Dial. Notes 1 421 ‘Come off your perch,’ stop being fresh. 1931 M. Allingham Look to Lady xv. 156 For Gawd's sake come off yer perch and listen to this seriously. 1992 Economist 11 July 17/1 Will losing the ECB to Bonn knock London off its perch as Europe's leading financial centre? < as lemmas |
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