单词 | wouldn't be seen dead in, with |
释义 | > as lemmas(I, etc.) wouldn't be seen (or found) dead in, with g. Colloquial phrase (I, etc.) wouldn't be seen (or found) dead in, with: (I shall) have nothing to do with (something or someone); (I) hate, detest. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hate inwardly or intensely [verb (transitive)] hateeOE i-veec975 nitheOE inhatea1529 maligna1535 misbelove1545 stand1869 (I, etc.) wouldn't be seen (or found) dead in, with1924 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 29 ‘Wouldn't be found dead in Hilarity,’ was Winchmore's grateful reply. 1931 T. R. G. Lyell Slang, Phrase & Idiom Colloq. Eng. 671 No decent person would be seen dead with a specimen like that! 1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xiii. 222 I have to hang on to one [sc. a car] that my daughters say they wouldn't be seen dead in. 1937 M. Sharp Nutmeg Tree ix. 103 In the whole of France there wasn't a hat she would be seen dead in. 1966 A. E. Lindop I start Counting ix. 110 Do you think I'd be seen dead in gear like that? < as lemmas |
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