| 单词 | with hat in hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith hat in hand Phrases P1. In phrases strengthening an assertion or expressing certainty, as †by this hat (obsolete), †my hat to a halfpenny (obsolete), etc. Now only in I'll bet my hat and variants. ΚΠ c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 589 Wel bordit quod the doke by myn hat. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1900 (MED) By þe ball, sir, I breue all þe brode werd..And be þe hat..I constru þat ilka kyng sall clyne to my-selfe. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 556 My hat to a halfe-pennie, Pompey prooues the best Worthie. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 155 By this hat, then he in the red face had it. View more context for this quotation 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) II. xlviii. 109 I'll bet my best hat to a half-penny, they'll be able to know black from white. 1830 T. Hook Maxwell I. xi. 311 ‘I'll bet a hat,’ said his friend, ‘that that man never can be pleasant.’ 1880 Chamber's Jrnl. Feb. 133/2 You can bet your hat on him being a thorough-bred un directly as you set eyes on him. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 49/2 He seized Dick's hand and wrung it fervently. ‘Will I do it! You bet your hat I will!’ 1960 Lowell (Mass.) Sunday Sun 28 Aug. 28/6 You could bet your hat that the one-man team from Haiti is..eager to do his damndest for his country. 2015 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Metro section) b1 I don't expect that'll be happening any time soon. I'll bet a hat on it. P2. hat of estate n. now historical and rare a hat worn by an official or dignitary as a symbol of office or rank, esp. on ceremonial occasions; cf. sense 3 and hat of maintenance at maintenance n. 6a. ΚΠ 1483 Wardrobe Acct. in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1807) I. 45 ij..hatts of astate with rounde rolles behinde and sharp beks before, covered in crymysyn cloth of gold. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxxiii. 63/2 The gouernment of this Citie is committed yeerly to a Maior, two Sheriffes, twelue Aldermen in scarlet, a Sword, a Hat of Estate.., and foure Sergeants with Maces. 1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 437/2 Hats-of-estate, caps of dignity, used at coronations, and in processions. 1866 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 174 The hat of estate encircled with a golden coronet was used at the creation of dignities of inferior rank to a Duke. 1914 H. A. Lee-Dillon & W. H. St. J. Hope Pageant Birth Life & Death R. Beauchamp 53/1 The president is seated..on a canopied seat set upon three steps, and wears a hat of estate and a long gown with loose sleeves. 1958 W. T. MacCaffrey Exeter 1540–1640 ii. 43 The mayor was the executor of the royal will.., which he proclaimed publicly with all his panoply of sword and hat of estate, sergeants, and maces. P3. a. to take off one's hat: to raise or remove one's hat as a greeting or sign of respect. Later also figurative: to show admiration, respect, or deference. Frequently with to.In quot. 1856 with punning allusion to the early Quakers' refusal to remove their hats as a sign of deference; cf. hat honour n. at Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] followOE honourc1275 regard1526 to take off one's hat1571 respect1576 to see unto ——1579 suspect1590 honestate1623 defer1686 consider1692 to look up to1719 to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1938 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bare head to take off one's hat1571 move1573 unhat1611 bonneta1616 off-capa1616 uncover1627 doff1674 to touch one's hat1738 unbonnet1821 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste viii. f. 17v Wee accompte it courtesie, to take of the Cappe, or Hatte [Fr. leuer le bonnet], in salutinge an other. 1604 W. Bishop Reformation Catholike Deformed ii. 53 That worship which wee allow vnto Images, which, for the Saints sake whom it doeth represent, we doe..take off our hat, or bow our knee vnto it. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xx. 176 They stood not up, nor answered me a word, nor so much as tooke off their hats to me. a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1728) iii. 82 They were fined for not taking off their Hats before Magistrates. 1779 J. Boswell Jrnl. 8 July in Edinb. Jrnls. 1767–86 (2001) xi. 342 Took off our hats to one another and bowed very often. 1846 Patriot 6 Aug. 535/1 England had acted nobly in the emancipation of her slaves, and..he felt that he could take off his hat to her on that account. 1856 Punch 5 Jan. 3/2 Quaker, a Friend who..in the art of making inflammatory speeches, takes his hat off to no man. 1910 U.S. Tobacco Jrnl. 26 Mar. 16/2 We take our hats off to the United Store at Seventeenth and Curtis for one thing—their attractive windows. 1977 J. Johnston Shadows on our Skin 26 There's not a bloody sod in this city would take off his hat to me in the street. 2010 P. Daniels Class Actor xxv. 163 I think it takes a special kind of character to be a youth leader—so Ug and Jay..I take my hat off to you. b. In various phrases relating to the custom of raising, removing, or touching one's hat as a sign of greeting or respect, esp. to raise (also doff, tip, etc.) one's hat.See also a tip of the hat at tip n.5 Additions, hat tip n.2 ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 326 That when thou meet'st one..Dost search, and, like a needy broker prize The silke, and gold he weares, and to that rate So high or low, dost raise thy formall hate. 1688 B. Willy in J. Barker Poet. Recreations ii. 55 We'll doff their Heads, if they won't doff their Hats. 1759 E. Fage Regular Form Discipline for Militia 11 He Faces square.., then pulls off his Hat. 1769 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley New Observ. Italy II. 114 My gentleman immediately doffs his hat. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 450 To compliment Mrs. Crawley..with a profound salute of the hat. 1886 J. H. Ewing Mary's Meadow i. 12 The Scotch Gardener touched his hat to me. 1902 Public 19 July 234/3 He tipped his hat politely, and, wishing her a good evening, started away. 1983 Princeton Alumni Weekly 4 May 34/2 Lourie smiles at the crowds and occasionally doffs his hat. 2015 Daily Echo (Nexis) 25 June He noticed me, raised his hat, and said ‘Good-bye’. c. hats off: used as a command to indicate that people should remove their hats as a sign of respect, esp. towards a person of higher social standing. In later use chiefly figurative, used to express admiration for a person, organization, etc., esp. with regard to a particular achievement. Frequently with to. ΚΠ 1645 J. Bulteel Relation Troubles Three Forraign Churches Kent 25 There was a cry in the Hall, Hats off and lights, for my Lords grace is at hand. 1736 Connoisseur Epil. Silence—sit down, Sirs,—Hats off, that will do, I know, you love a Joke, if it be new. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. i. 51 There will be a cry of down!—down!—hats off! silence!—Then up curtain,—and let us see what our painters have done for us. 1839 Dearborn County Democract 5 Dec. 2/5 The Indiana Journal exclaim—‘Hats off to Michigan.’ 1863 A. J. Munby Diary 7 Mar. in D. Hudson Munby (1972) 151 The populace..caught fire all at once. ‘Hats off!’ shouted the men: ‘Here she is!’ cried the women. 1938 ‘Dr. Seuss’ 500 Hats Bartholomew Cubbins ‘Hats off to the King!’ shouted the Captain of the King's Own Guards. 1984 H. Halkin tr. A. B. Yehoshua Late Divorce 41 Hats off to her I never would have thought that she knew what average output meant. 2001 Times 7 Mar. i. 34/7 Hats off to Tesco, however, for winning ‘retailer of the year’. P4. hat in hand (also with hat in hand). [Compare to come with cap in hand at cap n.1 4h, cap-in-hand at cap n.1 4h.] a. (a) Holding one's hat in one's hand as a sign of respect or deference. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adverb] abjectlya1500 servilely1550 bondly1553 slavishly1565 fawningly1591 demissly1598 with hat in hand1599 assentatorilya1626 hat in hand1629 cringingly1675 obsequiously1736 trucklingly1831 crawlingly1865 snivellingly1959 1599 L. A. tr. M. Martínez Eighth Bk. Myrror of Knighthood xxix. sig. Mm2v With my hatte in hand [Sp. con el sombrero en la mano] (as a seruant ought) I stood still. 1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime iii. 16 The Students first go out one by one, each making his reuerance hat in hand to the Rector. 1675 Mock Songs & Joking Poems 61 Before they'd touch the Cup, With Hat in hand would blessing crave. 1707 tr. De Lamont in Art of War ii. ii. 71 He must..never talk to his Superiors but with Hat in Hand. 1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe II. clxxxi. 489 Assuring him, that in England these things were indifferent, [I] finished my treaty hat in hand. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene I. xiii. 155 On one side of the table stood a lieutenant, hat in hand; on the other, the captain's clerk. 1853 W. Robson tr. A. Dumas Three Musketeers v. 30 The latter..saluted his adversary with hat in hand. 1937 R. Wright Ethics of Living Jim Crow in Amer. Stuff (Federal Writers' Project) 51 When I went to the library, I would stand at the desk, hat in hand, looking as unbookish as possible. 1987 R. Cwiklik A. Einstein viii. 99 A young man dressed in a handsome topcoat..walked into the outer office, hat in hand. 1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) iv. 301 He stood hat in hand over the unmarked earth. (b) With a hat held out to passers-by, an audience, etc., in order to collect money. Cf. to pass round the hat at Phrases 11. ΚΠ 1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 83/2 The man put his violin under his arm, and with hat in hand made the tour of his audience. 1943 B. Smith Tree grows in Brooklyn xiii. 102 The drummer went around hat in hand ungraciously accepting the pennies doled out to him. 2001 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 73 576 Friends and family would raise money for burying the recently deceased by walking down the street with hat in hand and corpse in tow. b. figurative with reference to seeking a favour or (esp. financial) assistance from someone in a deferential or submissive way. Chiefly in to go (also come) hat in hand to; cf. to come with cap in hand at cap n.1 4h. ΚΠ 1821 Weekly Entertainer 11 June 331/1 The day may soon come, when to thee I shall go hat in hand, to beg a boon. 1864 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 299/1 Others..had come to me with hat in hand.., to beg my permission to allow them to dramatize my novel. 1915 Sat. Evening Post 6 Feb. 17/3 Their implication that he had made a stupid blunder and their advice that he go, hat in hand, to men he hated, had irritated him. 1965 Life 17 Sept. 97/2 Afro-Asian leaders and international bankers line up, hat in hand, to ask for grants and loans. 2013 J. Spencer-Fleming Through Evil Days 156 Lyle..already had a bad taste in his mouth after having to go hat in hand to the state police for help. c. to be hat in hand to: to adopt an excessively deferential attitude towards. Hence (now only) hat-in-hand adj.: excessively deferential; servile. Cf. cap-in-hand at cap n.1 4h. ΚΠ 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists ii. 62 John Dennis, was hat in hand to Mr. Congreve. 1869 Edinb. Evening Courant 26 July 7/3 The hat in hand beggar of a vote. 1907 M. E. Mann Sheep & Goats v. 51 He had been hat in hand to these people all his life, getting no farther than their door-mats in intimacy. 1918 Public 7 Sept. 1138/2 There must be no cringing, no fawning, no hat-in-hand attitude. 1995 R. H. Zieger CIO 1935–55 iv. 80 Groups of disaffected government employees.., impatient with the hat-in-hand approach of their AFL unions. P5. In various phrases referring to the practice of placing names, tickets, etc., into a hat in order to make a (random) selection. a. to draw (also pick) (a person or thing) out of the hat and variants: to choose (a person or thing) by drawing lots from a hat or other container. Later also in extended use: to choose at random. Also without draw or pick, esp. in first out of the hat. ΚΠ 1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes sig. Gviiiv Last yeare I drew (faire Dame) by very chance,Thy Noble name amongst a number moe... Then from a Hat I drew thee err I saw thee,Now from my hart it is my doome to draw thee. 1745 Ann. Europe 1743 ii. i. 286 Amongst 30 Balls there were 6 Black. These they drew out of a Hat. 1797 Trial R. Dry 27 Was it on Tuesday evening Dry drew the names of the Members out of the hat? 1835 Morning Chron. 24 Sept. At the last farcical election Mr. Robert Deane..was drawn out of the hat, and declared mayor. 1897 Guardian 13 Oct. 1632/1 The questions were arranged by the chairman under certain definite heads..and then as far as possible they were picked out of a hat and answered by the various people on the spot. 1966 H. Waugh Pure Poison (1967) xv. 93 He picked Roger out of a hat as a victim? 1996 Independent 1 Jan. 13/4 This week I won a £300 video recorder in a post office draw... My entry was simply the first out of the hat. 2015 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 5 Jan. (Sport section) Being drawn out of the hat next to the mighty Manchester United has meant a £500,000 windfall for the small League One club. b. to put one's name into the hat and variants: to place one's name into a hat or other container for selection by drawing lots. Later frequently in extended use: to put oneself forward for a particular job, task, etc. Also similarly to be put into the hat, to go into the hat, etc. ΚΠ 1658 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea III. 283 Then..put all your three names into a hat, and that person whom Phillis shall draw, is the name of that person whom the gods have decreed to be the speaker for you all. 1711 J. Swift in Examiner 1 No. 27 The Disposers had flung their Names, like Valentines into a Hat, to be drawn, as Fortune pleas'd. 1778 Remembrancer 6 269/1 Each name on a small scroll of paper..shall be folded up and put into a hat and shaken together, and the Clerk..shall draw out the number of names to be draughted. 1846 W. Barrow tr. A. Dumas Twenty Years After II. xxviii. 270 It is of little consequence to me whom I fight. Put your names into a hat, and I will draw one out at hazard. 1929 Evening News 18 Nov. 13/2 Dagenham..will be amongst the distinguished clubs to go into the hat. 1996 Mail on Sunday 28 Apr. 20/4 I believe there are a couple of people waiting in the wings to put their names into the hat. P6. (as) black as one's (also a) hat: of a deep black colour; completely black.With reference to the usual colour of formal hats (e.g. top hats, bowler hats, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as other typical substances as black as one's hat1636 pit-black1871 Bible-blacka1953 1636 H. Burton Divine Trag. 45 The Physicians never seeing the like before, his flesh and kidnies were as black as an hat. 1683 True Relation Many Sad & Lamentable Accidents 3 He lay in the street for dead, all over him being as black as a hat. 1710 Brit. Apollo 1–3 Nov. Three Stumps in her Head..as Black as my Hat. 1799 London Chron. 4 Apr. 324/3 His face was as black as a hat, and his mouth full of blood. 1843 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 2 Smoked with a taper, till black as a hat. 1876 Chatterbox 51/1 She was a queer little creature, like a gipsy, with..eyes as black as my hat. 1911 Med. Times (N.Y.) Nov. 323/2 The next morning the skin of the whole thigh..was as black as my hat. 1987 E. Newby Round Ireland in Low Gear (1988) ii. 25 Outside it was still as black as your hat with a howling wind and torrential rain. 2002 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 27 Aug. (Features section) 30 The seeds looked lovely at harvest—black as a hat, every last grain. P7. to throw up one's hat and variants: to throw one's hat in the air as a gesture of celebration; now chiefly figurative. ΚΠ 1677 J. Shirley Life Sir W. Raleigh 43 It was resolv'd to fight them. At which News the Earl threw up his Hat for joy. 1684 tr. A. O. Exquemelin Bucaniers Amer. iii. v. 46 They began to shew Signs of extream Joy, casting up their Hats into the Air, leaping for Mirth, and shouting. 1779 T. Phillips Hist. & Antiq. Shrewsbury x. 193 The bells rang for the lady Elizabeth's accession... The young man..threw up his hat. 1830 ‘Common Sense’ Affairs of Nation iii. 75 Though the crowd at a public meeting..halloo and toss up their hats in favour of them, that does not add much to their real worth. 1897 T. M. Healy in Daily News 22 Jan. 3/3 The Irish farmer would throw up his hat on learning that hostilities had broken out. 1919 E. E. Cummings Let. 7 Nov. (1969) 62 All N.Y.'s radicals are throwing up their hats in celebration of the anniversary of Sovietism. 2000 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 27 Feb. (Features section) 99 These guys are already ready to throw their hats up in the air and scream ‘Let's party’. P8. under one (also the same) hat: (with reference to differing personality traits, talents, etc.) coexisting in the same person. Also (later chiefly) in extended use: under the control or management of a single organization. ΚΠ 1705 E. H. Suspiria Divina 62 An Hypocrite is like Janus, he carries two Faces under one Hat or Hood. 1768 Fund. Rights & Privileges Licensed Lutheran Church 9 Two or three hundred members of one congregation can not so easily be brought under one hat. 1837 Numismatic Jrnl. 1 162 A man can place both the publican and the sinner under one hat. 1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses viii. 111 I never remember to have seen a scientific botanist and a successful practical florist under the same hat. 1936 ‘D. Fortune’ Goat-foot God xv. 171 It's a psycho-pathology all right; it's a dual personality all right—two men under one hat. 1979 J. W. Moore in A. Dickinson & R. A. Boakes Mechanisms Learning & Motivation v. 111 The way to bring about a rapprochement between sophisticated behavioral theorizing and up-to-date neurophysiology was to get the two disciplines ‘under the same hat’. 2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Apr. 10 You bring together the work of development, defence and diplomacy in the foreign office under one hat. ΚΠ 1758 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 13 June in Lett. to Son (1774) II. 414 It is by no means a weak place; and I fear there will be many hats to be disposed of, before it is taken. 1798 W. Dunlap Cow Chace ii, in Andre 78 There was business for the doctor, And hats to be disposed of. P10. colloquial. I'll eat my hat and variants: (with an accompanying conditional clause) I'll be very surprised (if a particular thing does not happen, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [phrase] > stating one's readiness to take specific action I'll eat my hat1767 1767 T. Bridges Homer Travestie (ed. 2) II. 237 Though we..fire their rotten boats and all, I'll eat my hat, if Jove don't drop us, Or play some queer rogue's trick to stop us. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xli. 450 If I knew as little of life as that, I'd eat my hat and swallow the buckle. ?1846 J. B. Buckstone Maid with Milking Pail 7 If you are not as astonished as I was, I'll eat old Rowley's hat. 1887 E. E. Money Little Dutch Maiden II. viii. 148 If you don't run up against him next day..you may eat your hat! 1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. xiii. 102 If we don't know all there is to be known about everyone living in Sittaford within the next quarter of an hour, I'll eat my hat. 1988 Spin Oct. 94/2 If you can't tell which of those is a better buy, well, you can eat my hat. 2006 Independent on Sunday 12 Nov. (ABC Mag.) 3/4 If he hasn't had a number one by this time next year, I'll eat my hat. P11. to pass round the hat and variants: to collect money from a group of people for a service provided, a street performance, etc., esp. by passing round a hat; (hence allusively, sometimes depreciative) to solicit donations or financial aid, esp. by making a personal appeal. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > contribute [verb (intransitive)] > collect contributions to pass round the hat1787 cap1854 bottlea1930 1787 P. H. Maty tr. J. K. Riesbeck Trav. Germany I. xviii. 218 The steersman goes round with the hat in his hand [Ger. mit offenem Hut] to collect money from the passengers, as a reward for having conducted them safely through such perilous spots. 1798 T. Dutton tr. F. Nicolai Life & Opinions Sebaldus Nothanker I. iii. iv. 311 Saugling..went round with the hat to each of the guests,..raising a contribution for the indigent and unhappy. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. v. 137 A little packet, containing not one five pound note, but four... The Mumpsimus men..had ‘sent round the hat’ for him. 1867 J. R. Lowell in N. Amer. Rev. July 259 Lamartine, after passing round the hat in Europe and America..sheds tears of humiliation. 1890 G. M. Fenn Lady Maude's Mania xxx. 331 Allow me to take round the hat for coppers. 1906 N. Harwood Trip around World viii. 133 In Leominster to pass around the hat will disperse a crowd with lightning rapidity. 1953 Times 30 Apr. 8/5 He went round with the hat to get subscriptions for the funeral. 2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 30 Apr. (City section) 5 The bank is still standing and, unlike some of its more ambitious competitors, has no need to pass round the hat for emergency funds. P12. to throw one's hat in(to) the ring and variants: to show willingness to enter into a contest or take up a challenge, esp. in business or politics.Originally in boxing with reference to the custom of throwing a hat into the ring to signal willingness to enter a contest; cf. quot. 1804. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake or set oneself to do [verb (intransitive)] > take up a challenge to throw one's hat into the ring1822 to call one's (or the) bluff1896 1804 Times 30 Nov. Belcher first threw his hat into the ring, over the heads of the spectators.] 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June p. vi Lord Byron.., who has youth on his side, ought not to throw up his hat in the ring, and challenge us for a bellyful. 1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 460/2 We toss our hat into the ring, shake hands all round with all the world, and proceed to work. 1928 Observer 4 Mar. 11/2 Mr. Secretary Hoover has been forced to throw his hat into the ring for the Presidency, but he does not mean to follow it there. 1986 Laurel (Mississippi) Leader-Call 22 Oct. 4/1 Japanese industries have opened many plants in the U.S.., and we are glad Jones County is throwing its hat into the ring to compete for some of them. 2007 K. D. Ackerman Young J. Edgar xxxi. 235 He announced..that he was tossing his hat in the ring as a candidate for president of the United States. P13. a. one's home (also family, property, etc.) is under one's hat and variants: one has no dependants, few possessions, etc. ΚΠ 1834 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 20 Sept. 202/1 All my personal property I carry under my hat. 1889 T. A. Trollope What I Remember III. x. 169 The man whose estate lies under his hat need never tremble before the frowns of fortune. 1910 Castings Feb. 154/3 Gus used to say that his entire family was under his hat. 1939 Michigan Technic Mar. 8/3 If he is wise, he will remain a bachelor, for his home is under his hat. 2005 E. R. Burchard & J. L. Carlone Cult Next Door 53 I don't hold onto anything; I travel light and live each moment to the fullest... My home is under my hat. ΚΠ 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross II. 40 Suppose your 'at (hat) covers your family—wish mine did the same;..women are werry weary warmints. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. i. 141 They would say, ‘While my hat covers my family,’..I have only one to feed. 1891 Horse & Hound 23 May 320/1 Quarters in the George Hotel, with stalls for the hacks and a bed out, that does not make much odds to one whose hat still covers his family. P14. U.S. colloquial. to have (also carry) a brick in one's hat and variants: to be intoxicated; to be extremely drunk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk bewetc1400 to be in beer1532 to have one's cap set1546 to have a pot in the pate1655 to be bit by a barn weasel1673 to have been in the sun1770 to have been in the sunshine1818 to have (also get) the sun in one's eyes1841 to have a brick in one's hat1847 stimulate1882 to beer up1892 to be (the) worse for liquor1893 to have a few1903 to have a heat on1912 1847 Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis) 14 Oct. 1/3 Who that ever carried ‘a brick in his hat’, don't know what ‘hot coppers’ means? 1873 Ann. Iowa Apr. 418 The Captain..had been to town to attend a military drill, and had got, as was a common saying, ‘a brick in his hat’. 1904 C. Prosch Reminisc. Washington Territory xiv. 58 It is only those who wander about the wharves with large-sized bricks in their hats who step or tumble off into the water. 1939 Groesbeck Jrnl. 8 Sept. The drunkard..goes wabbling home with a brick in his hat. 2012 J. Sharpe Rocky Mountain Ruckus vi. 37 Crazy Charlie, though sipping from a jug, wasn't yet carrying a brick in his hat. P15. ΚΠ 1882 B. M. Croker Proper Pride III. i. 6 I'm in a most awful hat this time, and no mistake. 1916 Chums 30 Sept. 37/2 I'm in no end of a hat, chauffeur. Can you give me a hand? b. colloquial. to make a hat of: to make a mess of; to mismanage; to spoil. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle botch1530 bungle1530 mumble1588 muddle1605 mash1642 bumble?1719 to fall through ——1726 fuck1776 blunder1805 to make a mull of1821 bitch1823 mess1823 to make a mess of1834 smudge1864 to muck up1875 boss1887 to make balls of1889 duff1890 foozle1892 bollocks1901 fluff1902 to make a muck of1903 bobble1908 to ball up1911 jazz1914 boob1915 to make a hash of1920 muff1922 flub1924 to make a hat of1925 to ass up1932 louse1934 screw1938 blow1943 to foul up1943 eff1945 balls1947 to make a hames of1947 to arse up1951 to fuck up1967 dork1969 sheg1981 bodge1984 1925 J. Buchan John Macnab xv. 312 Palliser-Yeates lost at Glenraden..and now I've made a regular hat of things at Haripol. 1939 ‘A. Bridge’ Four-part Setting 155 One couldn't just sit by and watch a person..make a complete hat of her life and herself and her character. P16. under one's hat: concealed, undisclosed, kept to oneself. Now chiefly in to keep (something) under one's hat: to keep something secret. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb] > in confidence under the rose1546 under (the) thumb1577 sub sigillo1623 sub rosa1654 between you and me and the bed-post1830 between (or betwixt) you (and) me and the gatepost1871 under one's hat1885 between you and me and the lamp-post1919 off the record1920 cagily1926 1885 C. M. Yonge Nuttie's Father I. xviii. 194 Nuttie..was taking in all these revelations with an open-eyed, silent horror... It was all under her hat, however, and the elder ladies never thought of her. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings vi. 117 The governor man had a bit of English under his hat, and when the music was choked off he says: ‘Ver-r-ree fine.’ 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xvii. 249 She kept it under her hat. She meant to spring it on me later, she said. 1938 E. Waugh Scoop ii. xii. 138 Now he had something under his hat; a tip-off straight from headquarters. 2006 Creativity (Nexis) 1 Oct. 43 That's all a big secret, so keep it under your hat. P17. to talk through one's hat and variants: to speak without knowledge or understanding of a subject; to talk nonsense; to make foolish remarks. Also (rarely) in the related noun phrase talk through a hat: nonsense, foolish talk. ΚΠ 1888 N.Y. World 13 May 12/3 Dis is only a bluff dey're makin'—see! Dey're talkin' tru deir hats. 1902 W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 81 All this talk about the devil makin' the bad an' the Lord the good is talk through a hat. 1933 D. Thomas Let. 25 Dec. (1987) 79 Is this all clear, or am I talking through my new black hat? 1956 ‘A. Gilbert’ And Death came Too xiv. 152 ‘You,’ suggested Frank, politely, ‘are talking through your hat.’ 2014 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 8 Oct. 27 The all-party, all-male pro-life group at Stormont is talking through its hat when it claims to speak for the majority. P18. my hat!: used as an exclamation expressing surprise or disbelief. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] whatOE well, wellOE avoyc1300 ouc1300 ay1340 lorda1393 ahaa1400 hillaa1400 whannowc1450 wow1513 why?1520 heydaya1529 ah1538 ah me!a1547 fore me!a1547 o me!a1547 what the (also a) goodyear1570 precious coals1576 Lord have mercy (on us)1581 good heavens1588 whau1589 coads1590 ay me!1591 my stars!a1593 Gods me1595 law1598 Godso1600 to go out1600 coads-nigs1608 for mercy!a1616 good stars!1615 mercy on us (also me, etc.)!a1616 gramercy1617 goodness1623 what next?1662 mon Dieu1665 heugh1668 criminy1681 Lawd1696 the dickens1697 (God, etc.) bless my heart1704 alackaday1705 (for) mercy's sake!1707 my1707 deuce1710 gracious1712 goodly and gracious1713 my word1722 my stars and garters!1758 lawka1774 losha1779 Lord bless me (also you, us, etc.)1784 great guns!1795 mein Gott1795 Dear me!1805 fancy1813 well, I'm sure!1815 massy1817 Dear, dear!1818 to get off1818 laws1824 Mamma mia1824 by crikey1826 wisha1826 alleleu1829 crackey1830 Madonna mia1830 indeed1834 to go on1835 snakes1839 Jerusalem1840 sapristi1840 oh my days1841 tear and ages1841 what (why, etc.) in time?1844 sakes alive!1846 gee willikers1847 to get away1847 well, to be sure!1847 gee1851 Great Scott1852 holy mackerel!1855 doggone1857 lawsy1868 my wig(s)!1871 gee whiz1872 crimes1874 yoicks1881 Christmas1882 hully gee1895 'ullo1895 my hat!1899 good (also great) grief!1900 strike me pink!1902 oo-er1909 what do you know?1909 cripes1910 coo1911 zowiec1913 can you tie that?1918 hot diggety1924 yeow1924 ziggety1924 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 hullo1931 tiens1932 whammo1932 po po po1936 how about that?1939 hallo1942 brother1945 tie that!1948 surprise1953 wowee1963 yikes1971 never1974 to sod off1976 whee1978 mercy1986 yipes1989 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. in McClure's Mag. Apr. 570/2 ‘My Hat!’ said Beetle. ‘That's pretty average heroic.’ 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iii. viii. 661 ‘My hat, what a frowst,’ exclaimed Maurice. 1945 M. Allingham Coroner's Pidgin xiv. 118 My hat! was it only last night? 1984 W. F. Deedes in Daily Tel. 24 Aug. 10/2 Dallas, our city of tomorrow—and, my hat, what a tomorrow—was an odd choice by the Republicans for a convention. P19. colloquial. hold (also hang) on to your hat and variants: prepare yourself for a surprise; prepare for something exciting or unexpected.Sometimes used ironically. ΚΠ 1905 D. Runyon in Leslie's Monthly Mag. July 352 Hang onter yer hat—th' cavalry's comin' through! 1939 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 9 Apr. 2/1 Hold your hats, girls, Dorothea Dunker's fiance is coming to town. 1985 Washington Post 3 Sept. a15 Hang onto your hats because here comes something naive, idealistic and utopian from a certifiable adult. 1990 P. Auster Music of Chance iii. 42 Hold onto your hat, little guy,..but believe it or not, you're looking at your father. 2008 Guardian (Nexis) 17 May (Sport section) 16 Hold on to your hats, Hearts fans, Bertie Vogts is keen to return to Scotland and is heading for the Tynecastle manager's office. P20. a. wearing one's —— hat and variants: used to indicate that a person is speaking or acting in a particular (esp. professional) capacity. ΚΠ 1924 Mexia (Texas) Daily News 3 Sept. 4/1 Joe Bailey is wearing his political hat again. 1960 N.Y. Times 10 Dec. 47/3 During the interview, Mr. Woo was wearing his hat as consultant to the American Broadcasting Company's ‘Hong Kong’ series. 1961 Winnipeg Free Press 13 Nov. 1/1 Mr. Hees spoke, of course, with his ministerial hat firmly in place. 1967 Evening Standard 29 Aug. 1/1 Wearing his new ‘economic overlord’ hat the Prime Minister summoned three key figures to Downing Street today. 1997 C. L. Hancock & B. Sweetman Truth & Relig. Belief vii. 182 Speaking with my philosophical hat on, I don't see how anyone could ever think that he or she had sufficient grounds to believe in a particular religion. 2013 B. Bond et al. Passing Professional Skills Tests for Trainee Teachers (2015) v. 193 You are there as a teacher, not a friend. Remain professional throughout and always have your teacher's hat on. b. to wear two hats and variants: to hold two posts or perform two roles simultaneously. Similarly to wear many hats, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [verb (intransitive)] > more than one at a time to wear two hats1949 1949 Washington Post 20 Jan. c22 As President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Harry S. Truman..‘wears two hats’. 1968 Listener 8 Feb. 177/2 Cecil Day-Lewis has two hats: one has laurel in it, the other is that of Nicholas Blake, who writes detective stories. 1974 Jet 30 May 55 His latest flick, Uptown Saturday Night,..saw him wearing three hats—producer, director and lead star. 1994 J. Berner Joy of Working from Home xiii. 100 If you are a one-man or one-woman band running your own business, you must wear many hats. 2003 N.Y. Times 6 Apr. b15/4 He decided he simply could not wear two hats and retain their trust. P21. to pull (something) out of the hat and variants: to produce (something) as if from nowhere; to achieve (something) against expectations. Also (and earliest) in to pull it (also one) out of the hat: to act against expectations; to achieve success in a difficult situation.With reference to the conjuring trick of producing a rabbit from a hat. Cf. to pull (take, etc.) a rabbit out of a hat at rabbit n.1 Phrases 2. See also to pull (something) out of the bag at pull v. Phrases 12. ΚΠ 1926 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 8 Apr. 11/2 Dave Shade beat Walker last summer, for all the ears in Erie, Pa., but the judges pulled one out of the hat and said Mickey won. 1958 Listener 18 Sept. 404/1 Mr. Dulles first pulled indirect aggression out of the hat in mid-July. 1963 A. Ross Australia 63 v. 110 Simpson's five [wickets] were simply out of the hat. 1971 J. McClure Steam Pig ii. 26 I must say you've really pulled one out of the hat this time. 1986 Guardian 21 Aug. 9 Edinburgh's 40th Film Festival..can generally be relied upon to produce something out of the hat that can't be termed conventional British cinema. 1997 B. Goertzel From Complexity to Creativity xiii. 310 Ideas pulled ‘out of a hat’, with no scientific or mathematical foundation. 2011 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 Sept. 43 I will not be surprised if Labor pulls it out of the hat..as the deadline approaches for calling an election. P22. North American colloquial (chiefly Politics). to be all hat and no cattle and variants: to have or cultivate a particular image or reputation which has no basis in reality; to engage in empty talk; cf. to be all mouth and (no) trousers at mouth n. Phrases 1m.Now often thought of as a phrase originating in Texas, but earliest recorded use (in the form big hat, no cattle) is attributed to American Indians in various areas of the United States. ΚΠ 1937 H. S. Johnson in Kingsport (Tennessee) Times 18 Feb. 6/5 In the mutual stately Sayonaras of distinguished columnists..the only holy kiss ever offered this celebrant by Miss Thompson was..‘big wind’. The Osages say it better, ‘big hat no cattle’. 1952 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 27 June 14/1 The loud talking rancher...applied to a banker for a loan. The banker asked a neighboring Indian if he regarded the rancher as a good credit risk. The Chief pondered the question a moment, and replied: ‘Big hat, no cattle’. 1979 Washington Post 4 Apr. (Sports section) d6/1 Latest bidders..were just like the rest, Charlie O propounds: ‘Big hat, no cattle.’ 1980 Washington Post 30 Mar. d8/2 His obsession with 10-gallon headpieces recalled the Texan who was ‘all hat with no cattle’. 1995 Denver Post 28 May d5/6 They refuse to succumb to the temporary trends of a political system filled with so many who are all hat and no horse. 2003 P. Alexander Man of People viii. 226 When you run ads saying you are going to take care of Social Security, my friend, that's all hat and no cattle. P23. to hang one's hat on, to hang one's hat: see hang v. 1e. to hang up one's hat: see to hang up 2 at hang v. Phrasal verbs. < as lemmas |
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