| 单词 | up a stump |
| 释义 | > as lemmasup a stump c. up a stump: perplexed, in difficulties (see also quot. 1834). Cf. up a tree at tree n. Phrases slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position > in straits waterOE straitly steadc1400 need-stead?c1450 at the worst hand1490 in suds1575 lock1598 at a bad hand1640 in a wood1659 in bad bread1743 up a stump1829 in a tight (also awkward, bad, etc.) spot1851 up shit creek1868 in the cart1889 in the soup1889 out on a limb1897 in a spot1929 up the creek1941 consommé1957 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk merrya1382 semi-bousyc1460 pipe merry1542 totty1570 tipsy1577 martin-drunk1592 pleasant1596 mellow1611 tip-merry1612 flustered1615 lusticka1616 well to live1619 jolly1652 happy1662 hazy1673 top-heavy1687 hearty1695 half-seas-over1699 oiled1701 mellowish1703 half channelled over1709 drunkish1710 half-and-half1718 touched1722 uppisha1726 tosie1727 bosky1730 funny1751 fairish1756 cherry-merry1769 in suds1770 muddy1776 glorious1790 groggified1796 well-corned1800 fresh1804 to be mops and brooms1814 foggy1816 how-come-ye-so1816 screwy1820 off the nail1821 on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821 swipey1821 muggy1822 rosy1823 snuffy1823 spreeish1825 elevated1827 up a stump1829 half-cockedc1830 tightish1830 tipsified1830 half shaved1834 screwed1837 half-shot1838 squizzed1845 drinky1846 a sheet in the wind1862 tight1868 toppy1885 tiddly1905 oiled-up1918 bonkers1943 sloshed1946 tiddled1956 hickey- 1829 S. Kirkham Eng. Gram. 206 Hele [= he will] soon be up a stump. 1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers II. xviii. 241 Brooks..in backwood parlance, was ‘considerably up a stump’—that is to say, half drunk. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxvi. 402 The public reciter..would find himself ‘up a stump’ when he got to the church bell. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey i. xii. 100 Look here, Uncle Soames, I'm up a stump. 1944 K. Duncan & D. F. Nickols Mentor Graham 147 For once in his life, work had him so up a stump that he could not snatch a moment for study or reading. < as lemmas |
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