| 单词 | to —— one's head off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto —— one's head off (ii) to —— one's head off: to —— with great vigour or intensity, at great length, etc., esp. to the point of weariness or exhaustion. See also to eat its head off at eat v. 4b, to laugh one's head off at laugh v. Phrases 1l. ΚΠ 1840 C. Dickens Let. 26 Nov. (1969) II. 84 I have nearly written my head off this morning and am dismally stupid. 1872 M. Oliphant Mem. De Montalembert I. 29 In society in the evenings yawns his weary head off. 1890 C. C. Harrison Anglomaniacs ii. 79 What man wants to work his head off to lay up money, and then see a fool and profligate walk away with it? 1951 J. Cornish Provincials 11 As term progressed, Saturdays and Sundays..we would sit in our den..talking our heads off. 1985 J. Howker Nature of Beast i. 21 We spent this pretty miserable day..not talking much, just smoking our heads off. 2010 C. Grant Teenie ix. 91 Those girls look like straight-up groupies, screaming their heads off and trying to touch Greg. < as lemmas |
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