| 单词 | britches |
| 例句 | Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z When she stood by him in line to march in at eight-thirty he smelled bad—like his britches needed airing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Grandpa tried to put his britches on backwards. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those two guys in the creek. They won’t miss them for a while. Besides, you said you wanted to put a burr in some britches. Well, here’s your chance.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His pants were open and his “thing” was standing out of his britches by itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t need it anymore, for Mama had made him a new suit of clothes—a calico shirt, skin leggings, a set of blue broadcloth britches trimmed with red wool. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The other two brothers covered Noah up with a blanket, but Ham busted his britches laughing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I knowed the next time I saw him he’d be smelling like powder and wearing a old pair of my britches. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I thought she was fixing to argue that I was getting too big for my britches. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be easier for her to mend the britches while he was still wearing them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Jethro noticed that there was no more talk of taking the South “by the britches,” no more confident statements of ending the whole affair in one decisive swoop. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she’d called to make sure that I “didn’t get too big for your britches.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Julius was trying to decide whether to go quail hunting or to King City and catch the train to Salinas to shake some of the dust out of his britches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m planning on having Mom arrested for being a yellow sissy britches. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Fearing that Inka Yupanki was becoming too big for his britches, Wiraqocha Inka chose that moment to remind his younger son of his subordinate status. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Go ahead. Laugh. Get it out of your system, because when she gets in the car I don’t want to hear any whooping and hollering when she asks ol’ Rock Troy to unzip his britches.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “The way I see it, those two fellas are the foreigners and I’d like to put a burr in their britches before they get too comfortable around here.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Call, it’s funny because Franklin D. Roosevelt has got too big for his britches. Like he’s better than God or something.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosaleen knew less about fashion than T. Ray did, and when it was cold, God-help-me-Jesus, she made me go to school wearing long britches under my Pentecostal dresses. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A common thread to the talk was that he’d gotten too big for his britches—again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Think back, recall our little nation fringing the oceans, torn with complexities, too big for its britches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She clung to him, hard, as if she were drowning, fumbling with his shirt, with his britches. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His costume was high-topped shoes and old-time britches held up by one suspender. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The smallest of them, sitting on Coraline’s left, was a boy with red velvet knee britches and a frilly white shirt. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The snap of the strop against bruiser britches seem to linger in the night air. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Like Dad always says, When you act too big for your britches, the world has a way of slapping you down. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Thinking that maybe I had a hole in the seat of my britches, I looked over to my reflection in a plate-glass window. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, look whose britches decided to grow. My pardon, Mr. Strong.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Pa showed me how to draw milk from a cow before I could button my own britches. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d heard her say that Grandpa thought Uncle Camp was still in knee britches. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I never understood how the Senor managed to convey a sense of dignity, majesty even, considering his stick-rickety, see-through skeleton and the ridiculous, leathery crumple of hide about his foot, his fallen britches. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “Aye,” said the boy with the red velvet britches and the dirty face. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He put on his very best jacket, and his very best shirt, and his very best britches. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘The way it all happened she can sue my britches off. All she could get would be the house outside of the mortgage. But the way it happened we don’t have any comeback at all.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Grandma’s mouth was poked out, but she talked to me, saying over and over again that I was too smart for my britches. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If they get a burr in their britches about something, they will. But I don’t expect you’ve got anything to worry about. Stay out of their way. That’d be my advice.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “But now that you ask, it does seem to me that one day they took my skirts and gave me britches and cut my hair.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He nibbed it up against his britches and said, “Heads I win, tails you lose.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The expression, loosely translated, means: “You are not all that!” or in old-school parlance, “Don’t get too big for your britches!” “Black parents in America don’t raise narcissists. Never have. Probably never will” 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Yes, it triggers my happy Thanksgiving memories of being at my grandparents house with my cousins and aunts and uncles, riding horses and standing by the fire until my britches got hot to the touch. Try my grandmother's comforting cornbread dressing which anchors all my holiday meals 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Yet here Aerosmith are, apparently the best of friends again, introducing a surprisingly young crowd to the finer points of rocking out in tight silver britches. Aerosmith 2010-06-16T21:20:00Z But that hand is pinned to his britches. “Citizen Punch” 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Weber’s universe — one of sinewy boys in britches, solitary athletes, preppies toting footballs, models and society dames — is free, by design, of meanness, squalor and unsightliness. A Chronicler of Fashion Turns to the Heart 2010-11-25T05:10:00Z Part of the Appalachian code warns against getting “too big for your britches.” ‘Hillbilly’ to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Lisa Gamble, 35, had never heard of leather britches before the dinner. The next big thing in American regional cooking: Humble Appalachia 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z That insistence on functionality over aesthetics is something of a lie I tell myself, possibly homophobic in nature, or else it’s a penitential inoculation against my getting too big for my britches. The craft that consumed me 2012-08-10T14:59:00Z The criticism fed a broader suspicion of Mr. Christie: that he has grown slightly big for his already-big britches. Chris Christie, It’s Not All About Him, He Said Often 2012-08-31T21:53:10Z The child of Scott Joplin and Levi Strauss would go from rags to britches. Style Invitational Week 1225: The Ideas of March 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z There are leather britches, beans that are strung up whole to dry, then brought back to life with water and a smoky ham hock. The next big thing in American regional cooking: Humble Appalachia 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z SxSWi is in danger of growing too big for its britches. SXSWi ? a bigger game, but is it better? 2011-03-20T00:05:31Z Any time a Midwesterner criticizes someone, it’s usually involving some form of being too big for your britches. Gillian Flynn isn’t writing “the next ‘Gone Girl'”: “I feel like I need a break from their voices in my head” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Momma diva shared the first pic of her daughter back in January, but that one featured Summer tummy-side down, showing off her frilly "little diva" britches. Christina Aguilera introduces daughter Summer Rain on People cover 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z This image, the projected frontispiece, shows a black, green-eyed cat wearing a hunting jacket, britches, and boots. The Bittersweet Announcement of a New Beatrix Potter Book 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Of course there are the bonnets and britches of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens – but lets keep things a bit more recent. Six to Watch: Modern novels on TV 2010-05-21T11:39:00Z Sounds like it will be a great place for big britches collectors to park their works and coat them with a patina of prestige. Roundup: Watts and culture, art and Instagram, photo bombing the 'Today' show 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Petticoats and knee-length britches aside, Williamsburg is the most popular destination in the region for teaching kids of all ages about America’s beginnings. Can you plan a 2017 vacation with a 40-year-old travel guide? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The clearest, though by no means brainiest, articulation of the look was Mr. Theyskens’s lanky blazers and cardigans with skinny jeans that borrowed on the hip-hop style of letting your britches sink below your bottom. | Fashion Review: Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Theory - N.Y. Fashion Week 2011-09-15T03:49:48Z He was caught because he failed to sedate the hummingbirds, who fussed around in his britches and made him behave about as oddly as you’d expect. The 5 weirdest smuggling busts of all time 2014-04-17T09:00:00Z Ultimately the show may be too big for its britches. Netflix's Sense8 is the Wachowskis' very own Lost, with a few big flaws 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The coral amps up the green britches of El Greco’s portrait of the skeptical-looking Anastagi, along with the brilliant whites of his stockings, collar and cuffs, and his silvery cuirass. 2010-01-08T06:23:00Z And yet, there they were, TB logos on the elbow patches of jackets and the knee patches of britches in the fall collection Mr. Browne showed in the wood-paneled salons of the Park Avenue Armory. Fashion Review: A Look That Doesn?t Need to Introduce Itself 2010-02-18T02:36:00Z Revelers preferring a more classic look book an appointment with leather tailor Klaus Bensmann for customized, handmade britches fashioned from deer or cow leather. A German tailor who specializes in bespoke lederhosen is in high demand ahead of Oktoberfest 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The Bengals spent less than one year in their underdog Underoos before becoming too big for their britches. Perspective | The Bengals are very good. When did they get to be so annoying? 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z Foong explains, “He’s translating an idea into a performance. It means, ‘Don’t get too big for your britches.’ 5 great reasons to see Seattle Asian Art Museum’s new exhibition 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z “Whether any of these threats would manifest into anything tangible or not, it’s just the idea that ‘Ya’ll are a little too big for your britches.’” Fear, anxiety follow third wave of bomb threats targeting HBCUs 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z With a single withering remark, he can cut the legs out from under one of his adult children grown too big for their britches. The major miscalculation behind 'Succession's' unspectacular season 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Or, as South Carolina’s preeminent historian Walter Edgar said: “It’s important to tell everyone’s story. It’s not just the people in the fancy knee britches and the powdered wigs.” South Carolina’s 250th tells revolution story, warts and all 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Another told Fox News: "I'm for free commerce, free business and whatnot, but I think they've gotten a little too big for the britches." People in Nashville sound off on Facebook amid whistleblower scandal and name change 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z "China still likes to promote its technology firms as global leaders just as long as they don't get too big for their britches," said Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research. EXCLUSIVE China’s Ant explores ways for Jack Ma to exit | Reuters “China still likes to promote its technology firms as global leaders just as long as they don’t get too big for their britches,” said Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research. Exclusive: China's Ant explores ways for Jack Ma to exit as Beijing piles pressure - sources 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Part of the Appalachian code warns against getting “too big for your britches.” ‘Hillbilly’ to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z She most fondly recalls a dish of leather britches she served at Benne, a reflection of something she grew up eating. Shanti: Food history and building a staff-first restaurant 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z We used that technique on his britches, so he’s wearing superhero buckskin britches! For 'Emma' costumes, new color combos, changing silhouettes and a dash of Marvel 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The wind billowing out the seat of my britches, My feet crackling splinters of glass and dried putty, The half-grown chrysanthemums staring up like accusers … And everyone, everyone pointing up and shouting! Poet and UW professor Theodore Roethke moved among mysteries — and literary legacy 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z “It’s absolutely true that Beijing is nervous about any private company getting too big for its britches,” Collier said. China launches antitrust investigation into Alibaba, its most successful Internet company 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “Boy better bring his big boy britches next time, because I’m coming strong every run,” Dobbins tweeted. Browns’ Landry calls Ravens CB Peters ‘coward’ for spitting 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z A Negro man in old-fashioned brogues and serge britches walked out of the light. On a Summer Night in Selma, an Eerie Carnival Comes to Town 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z “Sugar britches, I need more alligator bites,” he calls to Coulette Murray, his girlfriend and assistant, who reaches into a cooler filled with pre-breaded gator meat. Hungry boaters fed aboard Florida floating restaurant 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z A wet blanket may not be much fun at a party, but if your britches were on fire, it would sure be appealing! Mourners flock to Floyd memorial 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z There’s the occasional arrogant guest, or member’s son who’s a bit big for his britches, but those are rarities. What it's like at Augusta National when the Masters isn't in town - Golf Digest 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “I walked into the living room, and I was in my boots and britches - and there it was,” Heider said, her voice cracking with emotion. Artist paints carousel horse to fulfill former owner’s dream 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Too big for their chamber’s britches, they shoot out the back of the craft, creating thrust. The Good Kind of Crazy: The Quest for Exotic Propulsion 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z In vintage Donald Trump fashion, the attempt by the man in the White House to take down former vice president Joe Biden ended up with Don the Ripper ripping his own britches. Opinion | A lot has changed since the 1994 crime bill. But not Trump’s racism. 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Voters have often punished candidates for getting too big for their political britches — especially if they haven’t won anything yet. O’Rourke bets national attention lifts him in Texas race 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z His shambling tableau shows a barnyard troupe preparing to put on the airs of Roman gods and goddesses, including Diana, front and center, hitching up her britches in an un-goddesslike way. This National Gallery of Art exhibit proves humor is an artform 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z As you well know, it’s been a brutal July so far, beach sand in your britches, damp towels in the car. When the cousins come to town, we sprint to the surf, laugh at the heat 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Trump also hates when others hog the spotlight, and he tends to diminish people when he thinks they’ve gotten too big for their britches or get too much credit for what he’s doing. Analysis | The Daily 202: Rudy Giuliani is repeating seven mistakes that brought down previous Trump advisers 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z “Someone needs to buy that woman some britches,” he said. Whoa, Nellie: Keith Jackson remembered at Rose Bowl 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Aides who get too big for their britches won’t be around for long. In fun-house mirrors of Trump White House, disarray can look like victory 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z “He’s trying to ban us from the tournament because it’s too much fun. He’s out of touch. He’s just another screwhead too big for his britches.” In defense of Bill Murray - Golf Digest 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z It's surprising that some of these characters aren't wearing powdered wigs and britches! Avoiding Trump, but Adopting His Divisive Playbook: Will It Work in Virginia? 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z “No matter what side of the fence you’re on, your britches are probably caught in the barbed wire,” Brown said of his predicament. A student newspaper takes down Kansas principal 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Picasso based most of his work on the irregularities of the teenage form, mostly bones, attitude and saggy britches, all poorly welded together. Most teenagers are insane. I like that in a person. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z He’s had situations where his teams elected captains who got a little too big for their britches, captains who got complacent and captains who were just downright unfit for office. The crazy way WSU Cougars coach Mike Leach selects his captain for the pre-game coin toss 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z "I don't care if he's in a plane with 24 karat gold. He talks like us. He gets us. He's a guy from Queens who's not too big for his britches." Donald Trump a "blue-collar billionaire" with a lot of money 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Diane Priolo, a social worker who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, describes him as "a guy from Queens who's not too big for his britches." For "blue-collar billionaire" Donald Trump, money's an asset 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z “I don’t care if he’s in a plane with 24 karat gold. He talks like us. He gets us. He’s a guy from Queens who’s not too big for his britches.” For 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z This state’s history is full of women who faced down men who got more than a little big for their britches, including Orval E. Faubus in the Little Rock Crisis of 1957. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Approached from behind, the work appears to be a life-size, hyperrealistic figure of a kneeling child dressed in old-fashioned schoolboy clothes: tweed jacket, britches, leather ankle boots. The Daredevil of the Auction World 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z “That keeps you from getting too big for your britches and from being overwhelmed, because the work is so hard and so gratifying that it keeps you with a level head.” Lin-Manuel Miranda on ‘Hamilton,’ success, weird requests 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “It’s a little more serious, kind of pull up your britches and get ready to race,” Zirkle said. Mushers heading to Willow, Alaska, for start of Iditarod 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z "It's a little more serious, kind of pull up your britches and get ready to race," Zirkle said. Thousands of people are expected Saturday at the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Instead, it was the frocked coat and britches borrowed from the prince. Dolce & Gabbana: dresses fit for Disney-approved princesses 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z He said it in his blunt Brooklyn way, with clear hints of condescension, like a teacher telling his student not to get too big for her britches. Sanders Snarks as Democratic Debate Gets Heated 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z He grew older and had to pull up his britches as most boys and men had to do, too. DEBORAH SIMMONS: Happy birthday, Martin Luther King Jr. 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But Laffrey’s adherence to the boys dressed in knee britches gives the show an AC/DC vibe. Review: New ‘Spring Awakening’ opens its arms to all 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z There may be some news in terms of how 20th Century Fox sells the movie to the hardcore converts versus the general audiences who aren’t necessarily soiling their britches in anticipation. 'Deadpool' Trailer Teaser Is A Trailer Teaser Done Right 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z If you deem it unbecoming that Mr. Darcy should conduct himself thus, the film has got you right in the britches. “Kingsman” and “What We Do in the Shadows” Reviews 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Sometimes, highly coveted foods start getting a little too big for their britches. 6 Foods That Deserve a Star Turn in 2015 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Unrepentant, Murray explained: "Just another screwhead who's too big for his britches." Editor's Letter: Snowboarding for Golfers 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z A miniskirt with the extended grip of "shaping britches" protruding below? Women's fashion: control pants are now so hip 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Asked how he coped with his overwhelming popularity, the pope responded that he often meditated on his sins and mistakes, because he did not want to get too big for his britches. Pope Francis’ Flights Yield Candid Conversations 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z And yet when the victim of theft appears to be powerful, rich or just too big for its britches, an odd sort of public sympathy is engendered. Aaron Swartz and Aereo Were Still Just Stealing 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Just make it “China, China, China” and put a cot in the basement, sugar britches. Will country come before love for these two curlers on Valentine’s Day? 2014-02-13T17:54:00Z But, as coach Bill Doba would say later, “We got a little too big for our britches,” in trying to recruit higher-level talent. WSU football: Up, down, and back up again 2013-12-16T19:47:43Z Instead of cricketers in crisp whites, they will behold the sight of players in knee britches and long-sleeved blouses playing with a curved bat. Cricketers recreate 18th Century game 2013-07-25T12:13:44Z In it, he begs his tailor to make his britches “roomy in the seat and not tight in the thigh.” Archivists Bringing Past Into Future Are Now Less Cloistered 2013-04-29T02:01:07Z Hanna Powers strides through the barn in riding britches and polished boots. Washington International Horse Show youth ambassador doesn’t horse around 2012-10-22T20:47:26Z Very simply, the Kremlin doesn’t want the Russian Orthodox Church getting too big for its britches. The Pussy Riot Trial, The Release Of Yekaterina Samutsevich, And Putinism 2012-10-10T13:25:19Z So let’s ignore the advice of Eric Jackson and all the naysayers who would warn us to keep our heads down, stay out of the spotlight and not get too big for our britches. The Lazy Stereotyping of Executive Women: A Case Study 2012-05-25T17:24:22Z The PET resembled a desktop calculator that had gotten too big for its britches. Apple II Forever: A 35th Anniversary Tribute to Apples First Iconic Product 2012-04-16T22:06:29Z "He's getting too big for 'is britches," he said. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He was so skeered he was most frightened out of his baggy britches. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The second one pulled out a cannon and poked it at the bartender and told him to keep his britches on. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z Name the pejorative of disrespect or neglect and this sprawling city, forever in Denver’s shadow as the gawky suburb that outgrew its britches, has probably endured it. Aurora Journal: Aurora, Colo., Tries to Outshine Its Bigger Neighbor 2011-12-13T03:21:07Z On a Saturday night this summer, clumps of women and girls in pastel polo shirts, tall polished black boots and tan britches with suede patches jammed Stella’s Station, an ice cream parlor on Partition Street. For a Few Weeks, Saugerties, N.Y., Becomes Horse Country 2011-09-13T23:54:28Z When players’ britches get a little too big for their own good, they are usually given the opportunity to watch the game from the sidelines until they fit better. Reader can't wait for Friday Night lights 2011-08-11T23:00:57Z Where he used to seem brash for his britches, he's now the tour's leading gentleman—winning helps your graciousness quotient, too. Tennis.com: Djokovic is the king, for now 2011-07-18T17:22:45Z EDIRNE, Turkey—Turkish oil wrestling is all about the leather britches. How Do You Dress a Turkish Wrestler? In Olive Oil and Leather Britches 2011-07-11T02:31:34Z When players' britches get a little too big for their own good, they are usually given the opportunity to watch the game from the sidelines until they fit better. One dedicated reader can't wait for high-school football 2011-07-06T21:09:04Z Then he smiles sort of pitiful-lak an' he reaches his fat hand down in his britches pocket an' he hauls out the money to the las' cent. J. Poindexter, Colored 2011-06-11T02:00:11.257Z More to the point, he attacked her and the consumer agency with being too big for their britches. Elizabeth Warren Is Not 'Making This Up' 2011-05-26T04:03:48Z For getting too big for his britches after he started 6-2. Vinny Cerrato?s life after the Redskins is good, though his tenure with them was not 2011-03-14T01:05:00Z "My britches fit just fine today," he cracked. Wells a near-lock for Cubs' spot 2011-03-11T00:33:00Z I wore shirt tail till I's fourteen, den de homespun britches and shirt. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z A burly man on the last stool hesitates, and then says, “Sugar britches.” Advertising: Yes, the Diner?s Open. How About a Seat at the Counter? 2011-02-02T01:45:15Z That is compounded by a popular sense that the elite media have become too big for their britches and by the fact that our national conversation has become more polarized and strident. Dealing With Julian Assange and the Secrets He Spilled 2011-01-26T19:56:49Z Some of ’em’s lucky to have their britches left to come out in.” Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z She's shed her three-cornered pants and put on her long britches. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z It wasn’t until I saw the guy in red britches carrying a bottle of whiskey that the strange early-morning display made sense. City Critic: One Suit, Many Kringles? Not in Santaland 2010-12-19T00:53:59Z For a team that is always a little big for its britches, the Cowboys are good at capitalizing on their opponents’ hubris: they turn every mistake into a touchdown. The Fifth Down: Week 14 N.F.L. Matchups 2010-12-10T13:00:00Z If fans are worried that the Giants will become too big for their britches after leaving Texas, Tom Coughlin is on the case. The Fifth Down: Which Team Is Better, Giants or Jets? 2010-10-26T12:04:00Z You risk becoming too big for your britches. 9 Things to Know Before Going Public 2010-09-14T15:30:00Z He behaved similarly after Hurricane Katrina, in which he largely shied away from criticizing the Bush administration for its response and promoted a message of, as he says, “hitching up your britches” and not complaining. G.O.P. Stalwart Says Come On In, the Gulf?s Fine 2010-06-19T20:38:00Z “Back up, m’ son,” I says, reachin’ to my britches pocket. Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher A few minutes later, she was contempt clothed for the street in tight britches and a loose blouse. Twelve Times Zero He had an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woolen shirt, and ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot-tops, and home-knit galluses—no, he only had one. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade They'll have to use both hands to hold their britches on, so they kin neither run nor fight. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys I only come in now to mend me britches.' The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts My mama was de spinner so I has plenty shirts and some britches, and we raises indigo on de place and makes dye of it. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 "What's old Bill got his britches hot about this time?" the big man asked. Remember the Alamo! There's one nice thing to be said about working for the bewhiskered old gentleman in the star-spangled stovepipe and striped britches: it's permanent. Lighter Than You Think One of my earliest efforts was a few verses anent my first pair of britches, which I, in common, I suppose, with other juveniles, regarded with a great amount of pleasure and pride. Adventures and Recollections So I tuk him out behind the woodshed and give his britches a good dusting just to remind him that that kind of thing weren't polite nohow. Year of the Big Thaw “Didn’t know you owned one o’ them critters, George,” “Does she wear the britches, George?” and so forth—my friend Jenks arose, peering, his whiskered mouth so agape that he almost dropped his pipe. Desert Dust I wants a man 'bout four foot high, So's I can w'ar de britches. Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study He tuck a hitch on his rotten britches an' hit de grit. Shawn of Skarrow Back in my mind was the feeling that Mother Nature thought I was getting too big for my britches and decided to teach me a lesson. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 It made another picture—Art Kuzak, the old friend, gone somewhat too big for his oversized britches, perhaps... The Planet Strappers That reminds me," Mayer snapped, "our Honorable Russ is getting too big for his britches in petroleum. Adaptation And once you get there, the only way you can hold your position is to make sure that nobody below you gets too big for his britches. Anchorite My britches were copperus colored and I had on a home wove shirt with a pleated bosom. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 This way cried a deep voice and another menial apeared wearing stiff white britches top boots and a green velvit coat with a leather belt also a very shiny top hat. The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan As an old Tellurian saying hath it, 'you're altogether too big for your britches.' The Galaxy Primes Us children wore homespun shirts and britches and little slips, and nobody but the big boys wore any britches. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives When we hitched, Ike took good britches hold, and lifted me up and down a few times like I was a child. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) Looks like in these towns they'd steal a man's britches if they could pull 'em off without his knowing it. Ralph Granger's Fortunes De men wore homespun britches wid galluses to hold 'em up. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Tom seemed as dumb as th' peanner an' dived his hands into his britches pockets varry near up to th' elbows. Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley She holler, "Easter, you go right now and make dat big buck of a boy some britches!" Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives They hadn't been wed long, when he axed her to mend his britches.— Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series To which is added The Cream of Wit and Humour from his Popular Writings At one performance, I was playing in britches and split them, and I managed to make up a rhymed couplet. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s Then I grabbed him by the seat of the britches and heaved. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Bet the last button on your britches, he was that an' more. Buffalo Roost The boys didn't wear no britches in de summer time. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives They put on britches when they big nough to help at the field. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 A child grew out of pleasures the way he grew out of his britches; and once this happened such clanging church bells would no longer have anything musical within them. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America Also, I put on Phoebe's pea-green cotton skirt, while my knee britches hung behind the stove, drying. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative When dey sont me to town I put on britches an' stuffed de tail o' my slip in 'em so's it pass' for a shirt. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives The boys never wore no britches in de summer time. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives It was ugliest picture of me in a boat an' a big fish holt my britches leg pullin' me over out the boat. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 And you could weave cloth and make all yo' own britches, too. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 Where I took my knee britches off, there I dropped them. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative I wore a shirt dress and a britches leg cap on my head and ears. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 His britches was all muddy and tore where de hounds had cut him up in de legs when he clumb a tree in de bottoms. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Back in slavery time boys did not wear britches. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 Must be some spoiled little brat getting too big for his britches . Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel They were not diapers, they were breeches—in our family they were "britches." The Life of Me; an autobiography He was a human angel in a 3 cornered hat and knee britches, and we shant see his like right away. The American Union Speaker "Yes, and spent twenty-seven cents to make seventeen, while their boys run the streets and their husbands darn their own britches," broke in Uncle Bobbie again. That Printer of Udell's It's a heap more important to carpet the Deacon with britches than the church floor right now. The Road to Providence In his britches pockets, and he don't scurcely speak a word for hours at a stretch. Mary-'Gusta Grandpa thought Wiley's tearing the back end of his britches on the yard fence was all right. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! "An' I ain' go' to han' over my britches fer NO cat!" Penrod and Sam "If just blue jeans britches could be made to do we might make out to get the top of them rigged out in a white shirt apiece; couldn't we, Bettie?" The Road to Providence Let me see them britches legs 'fore you put 'em down. The Road to Providence That wouldn't be the same as changing the britches. The Road to Providence Here, I couldn't see a thing but shoes and britches legs and Captain Jones's walking stick. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! I slid on the lean-to and tored all the back of my britches out. The Road to Providence "Well course, Bud," said Mother with judicial eye, "you can't take them britches off." The Road to Providence Mis' Bostick puts me in mind of a little, withered-up, gray seed pod when all the down have blowed away, and the Deacon's britches fair flap around his poor thin shanks. The Road to Providence |
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