| 单词 | what's biting you? |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat's biting you? b. To exercise, excite; to worry, perturb; esp. in phr. what's biting you? colloq. (orig. U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > worry about [verb (transitive)] > cause worry to busyeOE fretc1290 exercise1531 to lead, rarely give (a person) a dancea1545 pingle1740 potter1763 fidget1785 worrit1818 worry1822 bite1909 disquieten1921 to stress out1983 1909 Sat. Evening Post 27 Mar. 7/3 Say! what's biting you? 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed vii. 84 Liberties—what's bitin' ye, man? 1928 E. Scott War among Ladies ii. xii. 173 ‘What's biting her?’ she thought idly... Miss Pearson's grievances were so frequent. 1929 ‘G. Daviot’ Man in Queue v. 59 ‘Where the hell's my hat!’ ‘It's on the chair behind you,’ she said, amazed. ‘What's biting you?’ 1932 C. Williams Greater Trumps xiii. 229 I'll pop up and see what's biting him now. 1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xvii. 220 ‘What's biting Dad?’.. ‘Nothing to what'll bite you if he hears you.’ < as lemmas |
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