10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO TO BLAZES!»
Discover the use of
go to blazes! in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
go to blazes! and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gone
to Blazes: Life As a Cumbrian Fireman
Another tour of duty had passed by. I was still wondering when we might get a
proper job, did this Station ever go to blazes? The turn-out siren wailed, the
tannoy system crackled into life: "RTA Blackbush roundabout, Ambulance and ET
, ...
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1824. Ex the flames of hell. Cf.:-—3. In go to blazes, to depart hastily; to
disappear melodramatically: cf. the adjuration, go to blazes! and to ('t the) blazes
(e.g. with it)! from mid-1830s. Also in such phrases as that in 'He consigned me to
blazes'.
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Go to blazes ! = Go to the devil ; go to hell. Like blazes = vehemently ;with
extreme ardour. How (Who, orWhat) the blazes ! =rWho(or What) the Dickens.
Drunk as blazes(or blaizers) = verydrunk : see screwed. 1836. Michael Scott
Cruise ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
To depart hastily; to disappear melodramatically: cf. the adjuration, go to blazes!
and to († the) blazes (e.g. with it)! From the mid-1830s. Also in such phrases as
that in 'He consigned me to blazes.' See BLAZES! blazes?!, how or what or who ...
(Continued from page 1) Wink; the guitar pop of Buzz Zeemer, Wanderlust, and
the Idle Wilds; and the roots-rock of Go To Blazes and the Rolling Hayseeds. "I
don't think there's ever been a better time than right now," says Larry Magid, head
...
6
Merv Griffin's Crosswords Volume 2: 100 Easy Puzzles
33 It's lower than dirt 34 Procrastinator's tomorrow 38 They may go to blazes 40
Do more than see 43 Literary bear 44 State of confusion 46 Bujold/Douglas film
48 Zero 49 Survive inspection 53 It moves tape through a 56 Cookie favorite 57 ...
7
Reading Duncan Reading: Robert Duncan and the Poetics of ...
Both are invested fully in a vision of the poet as conduit of a more human(e) value
, but this vatic stance partakes of a distance from which these poets can say with
Gassire that “Wagadu can go to blazes!” The damning of the present society in ...
Stephen Collis, Graham Lyons,
2012
'Go to blazes!' Frank retaliated angrily, without giving the consequence to his
outburst a second thought. 'Go to blazes hey? I'll show you: go-to-blazes, tree
twerp!' 'Little flame flickering from black magic light! Torment the scowling tree,
wicked ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
... and feeling the need of sleep, arranged her clothing for the night and went to
bed. go to blazes ne djall te shkoje (veje) □ He told the annoying salesman to go
to blazes. go to earth/ground fshihem; futem (ne strofke) □ The police search for
...
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American Slang and Sayings: Especially for Businessmen and ...
Go to blazes (to) – to go to Hell: She was so angry with him she told him to go to
blazes. Go to the can (to) (vulgarity) - to go to the toilet Go to the moon (to) – to be
extremely happy Go up the ladder (to) – to advance professionally Go with the ...
Virginia Nicholas Clarke,
2011