| 单词 | to wear the wire edge off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wear (also take) the wire edge off 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Chiefly in to wear (also take) the wire edge off. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > [noun] > cutting part of > blade or edge of > strip caused by faulty sharpening wire edge1807 1807 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. iv. 21 In the course of mixing with good company, the wire edge of art would wear off, and an ease of demeanor be attained. 1836 Maine Monthly Mag. Nov. 233 We had hardly any thing to take the wire-edge off our appetite. 1847 O. A. Brownson Two Brothers in Wks. VI. 246 Time had hardly worn off the wire-edge of his grief. 1911 E. F. Ware Indian War 1864 (1994) xxvii. 271 I made him go his best. This took the wire edge off of him, and for the balance of the trip he went along like a good, sensible horse. 1958 Amer. Speech 33 271 Roughed out, of a horse, ridden a time or two, but still liable to buck a little. Such an animal is also said to have had ‘the wire edge taken off’. 1997 Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Nexis) 29 July 7 One of the givens about military service is the sudden and unexpected appearance of humor, which often takes the ‘wire edge’ off the situation, or the day. < as lemmas |
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