kick over the traces

短语

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词形变化

kicks over the traces 三单 kicking over the traces 现在分词 kicked over the traces 过去式 kicked over the traces 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To rebel against authority; to defy orders or instructions.

    英国 过时 非正式

    Near-synonym: kick against the pricks

    1920, A. E. W. Mason, The Summons, XXX: A Revolution in Sir Chichester, "I remember that she once said to me, 'Women do get the worst of it when they kick over the traces,'" Hillyard resumed. "And undoubtedly they do. On the other hand you have McKerrel's hard-headed verdict, 'If these poor neurotic bodies had any work to do they wouldn't have so much time to worry about their troubles.' Who shall choose between them? And what does it matter now? Stella's gone. She will strain her poor little unhappy heart no more against the bars."

  2. 2.

    To live overextravagantly; to come to grief by fast living.

    英国 过时 非正式

    Near-synonyms: live large, live beyond one's means, live high on the hog

词源

Refers to a horse kicking its legs over to the wrong side of the traces, straps of leather connecting it to the vehicle being towed.

来源：wiktionary