«SHOOT ONE'S BOLT» İLE İLİŞKİLİ İNGILIZCE KİTAPLAR
shoot one's bolt sözcüğünün kullanımını aşağıdaki kaynakça seçkisinde keşfedin.
shoot one's bolt ile ilişkili kitaplar ve İngilizce edebiyattaki kullanımı ile ilgili bağlam sağlaması için küçük metinler.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
[Slang; mid1800s] shoot one's bolt Also, shoot one's wad. Do all within one's
power; exhaust one's resources or capabilities. For example, They were
askingfor more ideas but Bob had shot his bolt and couldn't come up with any, or
Don't shoot ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
SHOOT be/get shot of something/somebody be/get rid of something/somebody
shoot one's bolt make one's final effort, so that there is nothing further one can do
to achieve one's aim shoot the breeze talk casually; gossip We sat in the park, ...
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
I suppose you can rely on him to help you. shoot a bolt shoot one's bolt shoot a
holt send a bolt of a door, etc. into its fastening: The frame into which the bolts
shoot is made of great strength. shoot one 's holt - (coll) do all that one is capable
of; ...
They're bolted in. KKlfiaj* ' ffiff!ffi M&Sffitt • ) to bolt on I. J8*&tUf 2. ftn± ; W± to bolt
out JE'JWr ! flS'lltt^rffi (He was frequently bolted out of the house, ftfe to have shot
one's bolt & SHOOT to shoot one's bolt H. SHOOT bolt2 to bolt out bomb to go ...
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General Knowledge of English Literature
To go like a bomb—to sellinhuge numbers. Bow To draw the long bow—to
exaggerate. Bolt upright—absolutely straight. Bolt To shoot one's bolt—to spend
one's resources prematurely in a contest. Arrow To shoot one's last arrow—to be
left.
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Diccionari UB: anglès-català
... caure dels mivols, caure com una bomba -»to make a bolt for it arrencar a
correr, intentar escapar- se -$to shoot one's bolt jugar-se l'ul- tima carta bolt21) v
tr 1 empernar 2 (una porta) tancar amb forrellat, passar el forrellat 3 (menjar)
engolir, ...
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The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... when secured by a nut 3 a roll of cloth 4 a thunderbolt 5 a shot fired from a
crossbow v 1 to run away quickly The horse bolted 2 to eat quickly He bolted his
dinner 3 to fasten a bolt from the blue a surprise shoot one's bolt to make a final
effort ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Also (of persons), at the end of one's tether: Wilkes supplies a quot'n from 1945,
and suggests'? shoot one's bolt'. shot! Look out, a master's comingl: Royal High
School, Edinburgh: late C.19-20.—2. Abbr. good shot!; gen. 'shot, sirl': late ...
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To shoot one's bolt (ODEP 728; EAP 39; MP 62) 1905 He's shot his bolt. (p. 296)
White, Fred M. The Crimson Blind. New York: R. F. Fenno, 1905. 1938 I had shot
my bolt. (p. 87) Adam, Ronald. Overture and Beginners. London: Victor Gollancz
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George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
... speak hastily without consideration of the consequences — Shoot one's bolt :
to exhaust one's capabilities and resources — Shoot one's cuffs : to tug one's
shirt cuffs below those of one's coat — Shoot oneself in the foot : to act against
one's ...
