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单词 within the posts
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within the posts
a. on the wrong side of the post: off the marked route, esp. that of a racecourse; figurative off course; unacceptable. Similarly on the right side of the post, within the posts. Obsolete.
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society > morality > virtue > [phrase]
on the right side of the post1728
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb] > in a wrong way, amiss
on missc1225
overthwarta1382
a-crookc1500
awrya1513
wide?1529
astray1535
across1559
bias1600
outa1641
beside the bridge1652
on the wrong side of the post1728
abroad1806
off1843
way off1882
off beam1941
up the boohai?1946
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 64 He takes me..into the Lobby [to vote];..but..I was got o' th' wrong side the Post.
1730 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 35 The three..run all on the wrong side a Post.
1796 J. Aikin & A. L. Barbauld Evenings at Home V. 119 At length,..Young Peer [sc. a race-horse] ran on the wrong side of the post, was distanced, and the squire ruined.
1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) IV. 94 On the right side of the Post.
1814 Family Politics iii. iv, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 224 I find I am on the wrong side of the post; I must flatter a little.
1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne II. x. 90 Though they may possibly go astray, they have a fair chance given to them of running within the posts.
1871 A. Trollope Sir Harry Hotspur xviii. 232 She is..as sure to go the right side of the post as any girl in the world.
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