at one's wit's end (occasionally ends): utterly perplexed; at a loss what to think or what to do. So to bring (drive,or put) to one's wit's end: to…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > perplex, nonplus [phrase] (10) to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end1377 at one's wit's end (occasionally ends): utterly perplexed; at a loss what to think or what to do. So to bring (drive,or put) to one's wit's end: to… to cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes?a1475 In phrases with reference to the obscuring of (physical or mental) vision; esp. in to cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes (now rare)… to set (also run) on ground1600 on ground = aground, adv. to set (also run) on ground: figurative to puzzle, nonplus (a person). Cf. sense 9b. to make butter and cheese of1642 to make butter and cheese of: (perhaps) to thwart, to make difficulties for (a person). Obsolete. rare. to put to the gaze1646 Phrases. at gaze, †at aor the gaze; said of a deer (now chiefly Heraldry: see quot. 1828 –40), also of persons: in the attitude of gazing, esp. in… philogrobolized in one's brains1653 philogrobolized in one's brains: addled, stupefied. Cf. metagrobolize, v. 1. to strike all of (on) a heap1711 Phrases. all of (†on) a heap: all in a mass falling or fallen; so †all on (upon) heaps; to strike all of (†on) a heap (colloquial): to paralyze… to blow, cast, throw stour in one's eyes1823 Phrases. (Scottish) like stour: very swiftly or vigorously. to blow, cast, throw stour in one's eyes: figurative (cf. dust, n.1 4). to kick up, make… knot1860 figurative. Something intricate, involved, or difficult to trace out or explain; a tangle or difficulty; a knotty point or problem. Gordian knot: see… to give (one) furiously to think1910 to give to reflect, to give to think: to furnish material for reflexion or thought. (A Gallicism.) Esp. in to give (one) furiously to think, to… |
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