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TENDANCES D'USAGE DU TERME «HAVE SOMEONE BY THE SHORT AND CURLIES»
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
1888–. Also to get or have (someone) by the short and curlies. 1948–. SAYERS &
EUSTACE She's evidently got her husband by the short hairs (1930). P. HILL
There is no need for kid gloves now, we've got him by the short and curlies (1976
).
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
British informal a brick short of a load: see BRICK. bring (or pull) someone up
short make someone check or pause abruptly. draw the short straw: see STRAW.
fall short (of): see FALL. get (or have) someone by the short and curlies (or short ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
African get into trouble: if you try to trick him you'll come short. for short as an
abbreviation or nickname: the File Transfer Protocol, or FTPfor short. get (or have
) someone by the short and curlies (or short hairs) informal have complete control
of ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To have someone by the short and curlies 1982 For once I had the other side by
the short and curlies. (p. 212) Olivier, Laurence. Confessions of an Actor: An
Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. 1990 "I had him by the
short ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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The Chambers Dictionary
... etc, or the most unpleasant of several; fall short see under fall; for short as an
abbreviation: go short (colloq) to have an insufficient amount (esp of money or
food); have someone by the short and curlies ( vulg slang ) to have someone
over a ...
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
... around and seen most things. have someone by the short and curlies have
someone in one's power, or in such a position that he can only do as one wishes.
The Opposition have today shown the Government that they have them by the ...
To have someone by the short and curlies is to have him at a considerable
disadvantage. custom, n. business Commonly used in Britain where Americans
would say business or customers, as in: A good- looking store front will attract
custom.
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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary: On Historical Principles
Encompassing all words current in general English from 1700 to the present day, this dictionary provides more than 600,000 definitions and more than 85,000 quotations from seven thousand authors.
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Describes the desperate race against time to save a rare blue parrot, the Spix's Macaw, from extinction, by calling for private collectors to allow their birds to mate with the last wild specimen, a bird that had lived for years without a ...
