2016年9月4日 星期日

put-down, slight (INSULT), underbelly, hoist, put downs, tand sb up


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 Many of her pithiest put-downs were directed at her own side: "U-turn if you want to," she told the Conservatives as unemployment passed 2m. "The lady's not for turning." She told George Bush senior: "This is no time to go wobbly!" Ronald Reagan was her soulmate but lacked her sharp elbows and hostility to deficits.

'Michael Gove's devastating put-down will haunt Boris forever'


But there was also a longer-term effect. Reagan-era legislative changes essentially ended New Deal restrictions on mortgage lending — restrictions that, in particular, limited the ability of families to buy homes without putting a significant amount of money down.


His last girlfriend had never stood him up or put him down.

underbelly
the weakest or most unpleasant part of something:
film exposing the sordid underbelly of modern urban society

Small businesses are the soft underbelly (= weakest parts) of the economy, and they need as much government support as possible.

hoist

to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine:

helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.
With some difficulty he hoisted her onto his shoulders.
scrabbled for a handhold and hoisted myself up.
hoist a flag
stand sb up (NOT MEET) phrasal verb [usually passive] INFORMAL
to intentionally fail to meet someone when you said you would, especially someone you were starting to have a romantic relationship with:
I don't know if I've been stood up or if she's just late - I'll wait another half hour.

put sb down (INSULT) phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to make someone feel foolish or unimportant by criticizing them:
Why did you have to put me down in front of everybody like that?

put-down
noun [C] INFORMAL
an unkind remark that makes someone seem foolish:
One of the big put-downs of the American presidential election campaign was the comment that he was 'no Jack Kennedy'.

or put-down n. Slang.
A dismissal or rejection, especially in the form of a critical or slighting remark: “Such answers were, perhaps still are, a . . . form of put-down to the questions of white people” (Lillian Hellman).
Idioms: put down

1. Write down; also, enter in a list. For example, Please put down my name for a free ticket, or Put me down as a subscriber. [Second half of 1500s]
2. Bring to an end, repress, as in They managed to put down the rebellion in a single day, or We've got to put down these rumors about a takeover. [c. 1300]
3. Kill a sick animal, as in The vet said the dog must be put down. [Mid-1500s] Also see put away, def. 5.
4. Belittle, disparage, criticize, as in Her husband was always putting her down. [c. 1400] Also see run down, def. 6.
5. Ascribe, attribute, as in We put her poor performance down to stage fright. [Late 1700s]
6. Regard, classify, as in We put her down as a hypochondriac. [Mid-1800s]
7. Pay a deposit, as in We put down $2,000 for the car.
8. Store for future use, as in David put down ten cases of this year's Chablis. [Mid-1800s]
9. Land in an aircraft; also, land an aircraft, as in What time will we put down at Heathrow? or She put the plane down exactly on the runway. [c. 1930]
10. Put a child to bed, as in The sitter said she'd put Brian down at 8:30. [Second half of 1900s] put sb down (INSULT) phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to make someone feel foolish or unimportant by criticizing them:
Why did you have to put me down in front of everybody like that?


slight (INSULT)
verb [T]
to insult someone by not paying them any attention or treating them as if they are not important:
I felt slighted when my boss thanked everyone but me for their hard work.

slight 
noun [C]
when a person fails to pay attention to someone or to treat them with the respect that they deserve:
I regarded her failure to acknowledge my greeting as a slight.

slighted
adjective
I'm afraid I just didn't recognize him - I hope he didn't feel slighted.

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