| 单词 | to wake snakes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wake snakes d. to wake snakes, (a) (see quot. 1872); (b) to rouse oneself, to look lively; (c) see wake v. 8c; to have snakes in one's boots, to see snakes, to have delirium tremens. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > bestir oneself arisec825 to start upc1275 stirc1275 shifta1400 awakea1450 to put out one's fins?1461 wake1523 to shake one's ears1580 rouse1589 bestira1616 awaken1768 arouse1822 waken1825 to wake snakes1835 roust1841 to flax round1884 to get busy1896 to get one's arse in gear1948 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > have delirium tremens to have snakes in one's boots1877 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 6 Oh, wake snakes, and walk your chalks! c1859 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (1860) 498 Well, here I be; wake snakes, the day's a-breaking. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 212 The other meaning..makes waking snakes equivalent to ‘running away quickly’. 1877 J. Habberton Barton Exper. ix He's been pretty high on whisky for two or three days,..and they say he's got snakes in his boots now. to wake snakes c. to wake snakes (U.S. slang): ‘To cause trouble or disturbance’ (Thornton): see also snake n. 2d. ΚΠ 1847 J. R. Lowell in Boston Courier 18 Aug. 1/6 An' ef it worn 't for wakin' snakes, I 'd home agin short meter. 1872 Punch 20 Jan. 25/2 The archbishops of the Roman obedience appear to be waking snakes. < as lemmas |
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