| 单词 | to tread on any one's heels or toes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tread on any one's heels or toes b. Phrase. to tread on any one's heels or toes (also figurative); see the nouns. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] > follow closely to tread on any one's heels or toesc1384 hang?a1513 dog1519 tag1676 to be on someone's tail1925 to be on someone's wheel1941 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease mislikeeOE ofthinkeOE misquemeOE likec1175 forthinka1225 mispay?c1225 annoyc1300 there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300 unpay1340 offenda1382 to be displeasedc1386 to step or tread on the toes ofc1394 mispleasea1400 unlikea1425 edgec1450 injurea1492 discontenta1513 disdain1530 to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535 displeasure1541 mis-set?1553 dislike1578 to tread on any one's heels or toes1710 flisk1792 unentrance1834 to tread on any one's cornsa1855 umbragea1894 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 1063 Tho behynde begunne vp lepe And clamben vp on other fast..And troden [v.r. treden] fast on other heles. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 15 To come so neere as to tread upon their heeles. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 250. ⁋11 If asking Pardon is an Attonement for treading upon ones Toes? 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 153. ⁋1 The Cocking young Fellow who treads upon the Toes of his Elders. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 210 He could not turn about Nor take a step i' the case and fail to tread On someone's toe. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such vi. 119 A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes with much frequency. 1896 Sir W. Walrond in Libr. Mag. Dec. 504 If they legislated too much they were bound to tread on somebody's toes. < as lemmas |
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