单词 | to throw up one's hat |
释义 | > as lemmasto throw up one's hat P7. to throw up one's hat and variants: to throw one's hat in the air as a gesture of celebration; now chiefly figurative. ΚΠ 1677 J. Shirley Life Sir W. Raleigh 43 It was resolv'd to fight them. At which News the Earl threw up his Hat for joy. 1684 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Bucaniers Amer. iii. v. 46 They began to shew Signs of extream Joy, casting up their Hats into the Air, leaping for Mirth, and shouting. 1779 T. Phillips Hist. & Antiq. Shrewsbury x. 193 The bells rang for the lady Elizabeth's accession... The young man..threw up his hat. 1830 ‘Common Sense’ Affairs of Nation iii. 75 Though the crowd at a public meeting..halloo and toss up their hats in favour of them, that does not add much to their real worth. 1897 T. M. Healy in Daily News 22 Jan. 3/3 The Irish farmer would throw up his hat on learning that hostilities had broken out. 1919 E. E. Cummings Let. 7 Nov. (1969) 62 All N.Y.'s radicals are throwing up their hats in celebration of the anniversary of Sovietism. 2000 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 27 Feb. (Features section) 99 These guys are already ready to throw their hats up in the air and scream ‘Let's party’. < as lemmas |
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