单词 | by head and ears |
释义 | > as lemmasby (the) head and ears (c) by (the) head and ears: (with reference to pulling, dragging, etc.) roughly, violently; unceremoniously. Also figurative. Cf. by (the) head and shoulders at Phrases 3o(a)(i), to pull (also drag, draw, pluck, etc.) by the ears at ear n.1 Phrases 1c(c). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > by violence or force strong handOE by forcec1320 through, with, of forcec1320 by or with strifec1330 by way of feat1362 by (also with, by) fine forcea1375 by mighta1425 by force and armsa1481 by way of deed1535 by (the) head and shoulders1571 by (the) head and ears1590 sting and ling1816 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. Cv They haue all vowed to hale thee out of thy trenches by the head and eares. 1650 J. Price Cloudie Clergie 7 Such treacherous, if not traiterous persons as these were, should be pluck't away even by head and ears. 1783 Weekly Entertainer 3 Feb. 110 An enthusiast..lugs in the gospel by head and ears, in season and out of season. 1873 Punch 17 May 200 An..utterly irrelevant story, lugged in by head and ears. 1911 Cosmopolitan Mag. June 11 Governor Davidson, who—dragged in by head and ears—made but a limp witness before the legislative committee. 1983 I. Avsey tr. F. Dostoevsky Village of Stepanchikovo i. ix. 128 ‘Drag him here by the head and ears!’ Uncle shouted, stamping his foot. < as lemmas |
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