Phrases. a fair crack of the whip (colloquial): a fair chance to participate or act. †to drinkor lick (up) on the whip: to have a ‘taste’ of the…
单词 | θ172747 |
释义 | society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] > be beaten (9) to drink or lick (up) on the whipa1500 Phrases. a fair crack of the whip (colloquial): a fair chance to participate or act. †to drinkor lick (up) on the whip: to have a ‘taste’ of the… to lick of the whipa1500 transferred and figurative (from 1 2). Of persons and animals. Formerly in many specialized uses. †to lick up (an enemy's forces): to destroy… to have it1599 colloquial. To receive, or have received, a beating, punishment, or reprimand; to be injured or killed; to ‘get it’, ‘catch it’; spec. (of a… vapulate1783 intransitive. To suffer vapulation or flogging. to eat stick1862 Phrases, chiefly transferred and figurative. †to eat iron, a sword: to be stabbed (obsolete). to eat stick: to be beaten. to get laldy1889 A beating, a thrashing; punishment. Frequently in to gie (or give) (someone) laldy and to get laldy. Now chiefly figurative, esp. in to gie (or give… Subcategories:— run the gauntlet (2) — bend over (1) |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。