| 单词 | ducks and drakes |
| 例句 | We threw more stones, went to the water’s edge, flung ducks and drakes, and fished for driftwood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z —When a man squanders his fortune, he is said in vulgar parlance to "make ducks and drakes of his money." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-23T02:00:31.657Z "You are turning against the money he left, which is the same thing, wanting to make ducks and drakes of it." Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z My trustee has made ducks and drakes of my property, or rather bulls and bears. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z Meredith laughed and said it was all "grand times;" and then he got up and strolled along by the water, picking up flat stones and making ducks and drakes on the smooth, river surface. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z The cunning old soldier had settled long ago that the spouse of his daughter should not make ducks and drakes of her broad pieces, at least without her full consent. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z His wife fully intended that he should have ample means to play ducks and drakes with, but, surrounded as he was by a bad entourage, he must not be permitted to be master. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z During the four preceding years his son-in-law had "made ducks and drakes" of his ancestral possessions. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z The destroyer flotilla being so small, it is not surprising that the German submarines were making ducks and drakes of it. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The ideal civilization which plays ducks and drakes, not with space, but with time, is safer. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Before he finished making ducks and drakes of the property she succeeded in depriving him judicially of its control, and having it made over to her. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z When he did not, the little red devil played ducks and drakes with him and his prospects. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Shame upon you, ducks and drakes, geese and turkeys that you are! The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z At his cry the ducks and drakes would come waddling up to him with loud quacks; he used always to march in the most stately manner about two yards ahead of them. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The first thing he did was to play ducks and drakes with his fortune. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z You're playing ducks and drakes with mother and father and your education in order to have what we call a 'good time.' The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Some stood by the edge of the water, for the oak was within a few yards of the New Sea, and alternately made ducks and drakes, and turned to contradict their friends. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z “Five hundred pounds of my savings went—lent money—for him to make ducks and drakes!” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z The late Baronet had, as it was well known, an unpleasant habit of making ducks and drakes of his money. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z His fathers had played ducks and drakes with the family funds, which were reduced to nothing or little better than nothing. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z They want to be rid of me so that my dutiful daughter and son-in-law may play ducks and drakes with my fortune! The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z I don’t know why, though, unless, like all young men, he wanted to make ducks and drakes of his cash.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Hussonnet, at the lower end of the river's bank, went making ducks and drakes over the water. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The son's to make ducks and drakes of the fortune the father earns by the sweat of his brow. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z "This is another step in the right direction of transparent pension accounting and reduces the scope for people to play ducks and drakes," he said. Pension rules will hit profits and force final-salary scheme closures ? KPMG 2010-04-29T17:02:00Z They walked over the grass uphill and ran down through the cool dells of oak trees, down towards the glassy ponds to play 'ducks and drakes' in the flickering weather. Sinister Street, vol. 1 She may be led again to make ducks and drakes of her money by another Weston. Rockhaven "Why he is making ducks and drakes of my old friend's fortune." Wait and Hope A Plucky Boy's Luck It has been so long since you have played ducks and drakes with a man that I really believed you had reformed. The Bachelors A Novel I suppose he made ducks and drakes of it with that exploring fad, and travelling in India and such places. Shadows of Flames A Novel I have indicated elsewhere her skill in endowing the part with poetry and imaginative force without making ducks and drakes of the traditions. Interpreters He went to a masquerade every night, made kites out of five-pound notes, and threw pieces of gold into the sea instead of stones, making ducks and drakes of them. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series He has simply gone from bad to worse, and would make ducks and drakes of the lot. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland I write of them as merry gentlemen because this fornight agone I had been watching them make ducks and drakes of their savings. Seeds of Pine "He will make ducks and drakes of her fortune," said they. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade With her pretty hands, now craving money and now throwing it to the four winds, she made ducks and drakes of men's fortunes. Their Son; The Necklace And, as somebody said, the two nephews very soon made ‘ducks and drakes’ of the whole fortune.” Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune I don’t want him to come here and play ducks and drakes with what I have taken a lifetime to build up—and not easily either—and to bring scandal on my name and memory. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland It was not long before he had not only squandered his own fortune, but was playing ducks and drakes with every penny that she gained by her art and her untiring industry. Vigée Le Brun You may have some of them left, but it looks as if you'd made ducks and drakes of them, like any petty rascal in the hands of the Employees' Insurance Company. The Quality of Mercy Where, oh where, is the Great Seal, with which he played ducks and drakes in the Thames? The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 "I could go over whenever I liked, or you needed me, and you could come to me to see that I wasn't making ducks and drakes of the property," he said. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Outside the Colonel beckoned to a ragged urchin who was playing ducks and drakes with his naked toes. The Wild Geese “She was making ducks and drakes of it; but it is safe enough now.” The School Queens Do you remember giving me that money to make ducks and drakes of? The Marriage of Elinor And if folks have called her an adventuress, set that down to the rogues of trustees, who played ducks and drakes with her fortune, and left her in Europe to shift as best she might. The Man Who Drove the Car The agents of said lottery are playing ducks and drakes right now with the pay of the printers on the imperial bulletin which I have the honor to represent. The Readjustment At the pond, of course, swimming round and round with half-a-dozen other ducks and drakes as happy and careless as herself. Dick and His Cat and Other Tales He had no desire to build up his reputation at the expense of railway shareholders, nor to obtain engineering éclat by making “ducks and drakes” of their money. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Gaming I hear, playing ducks and drakes with his money, and fighting duels with your lover. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 If I were what my schoolmaster used to call a fatalist, I'd say she was the evil prophetess who used to play ducks and drakes with the soldier boys at Athens. The Man Who Drove the Car And the riches, 45too, will soon be made ducks and drakes of. The Power of Darkness Surely this was playing at ducks and drakes with their resources. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. As I said, life in India plays ducks and drakes with a man's constitution, especially if he has been a bit wild. "The Pomp of Yesterday" “Yes,” replied I, “I must go; for I find that I am not to make ducks and drakes of my money, until I come into possession of my property.” Japhet in Search of a Father You might have got hold of a chap who would make ducks and drakes of your money. The Privet Hedge What with her penchant for orphans and for foolish investments, she would make ducks and drakes of her fortune unless a man peremptorily took the helm. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale It means playing ducks and drakes with things all round, and letting the whole business go thoroughly rotten. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893 Mr. Locke Harper found out, a month after his marriage, that somebody had made ducks and drakes of all his wife's property. Agatha's Husband A Novel "So he is—worth only five hundred dollars,118 and he is making ducks and drakes of that as fast as he can." Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret I never was a worshipper of money, but I knew its value, and wasn’t disposed to make ducks and drakes of it, nor partridges and pheasants either. Nearly Lost but Dearly Won ‘Our property,’ say the pigtails, ‘cost us much pain, whilst we were upon the earth, and is causing us immense suffering here for ever, yet ye have flung it all away at ducks and drakes.’ The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell I'm not going to let you make ducks and drakes of my hard earnings without knowing why. A Son of the Hills I shall never know what you do with it, so you can play ducks and drakes with it if you like. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers You cannot afford to make ducks and drakes. Phineas Finn The Irish Member It's well if she doesn't make ducks and drakes of it somehow.' Scenes of Clerical Life But poor Jack was not a judicious manager, and a tandem team and champagne suppers, with a shooting-box and turf speculations, soon made ducks and drakes of a little fortune. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales They made excellent ducks and drakes on the water and the swimmers were quite keen on them. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years He leant on one elbow, recumbent upon the turf, and with flat pebbles dexterously thrown made ducks and drakes upon the surface of the shallow pool where the cattle drank. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax All the sea, the great round sea where ducks and drakes are sailing! Verses for Children and Songs for Music Harry who is in New York making ducks and drakes of your money, Julius,—trying to buy shares and things that he knows no more of than he knows of Greek. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Unfortunately, I played ducks and drakes with my Yucatan project—I think I wrote about it—and I'm broke as usual. The Turtles of Tasman "Yes," replied I, "I must go, for I find that I am not to make ducks and drakes of my money, until I come into possession of my property." Japhet, in Search of a Father He was anxious at first, for he thought that Mary was going to make ducks and drakes of his money and her own. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches I played ducks and drakes with the estate, and the end of it was . The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Civilization had become effete; and such a strong wildling could play ducks and drakes with affairs. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 He didn't play ducks and drakes in Yucatan. The Turtles of Tasman To call the eviction of such a tenant in such circumstances from such a holding a “sentence of death,” is making ducks and drakes of the English language. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) Richard was looking forward eagerly to her being one-and-twenty, for he had made ducks and drakes of his own property, and tried to do the same with mine. The Doctor's Dilemma You may make ducks and drakes of it, as the saying goes, as soon as ever you please. A Noble Life One gorgeous evening of gold and purple she was sitting by a highland stream with a lad of twenty, throwing ducks and drakes into the water. Elizabeth's Campaign What had Tom done?—save play ducks and drakes with life and wear it out until all that remained was that dimly flickering spark in a dying body. The Turtles of Tasman Sometimes the spirits made mistakes, And seemed to play at ducks and drakes. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell He can't be allowed to play ducks and drakes with himself like other young men. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight He knows every thing, yet has learned nothing; he has played at ducks and drakes over every rivulet of information, yet never plunged inch-deep into any thing beyond a play-book, or Joe Miller's jests. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 362, March 21, 1829 But the one who had thrown ducks and drakes was still, so far as she knew, somewhere in the Ypres salient, unscathed. Elizabeth's Campaign If "conscience makes cowards of us all" does human sympathy play ducks and drakes with conscience? By Advice of Counsel The vicious crack of a rifle interrupted the conversation, and a bullet slapped the water just astern, and went skipping away in a series of ducks and drakes. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles A favorite one is to assert that the Forest Service, in its zeal for the public welfare, has played ducks and drakes with the Acts of Congress. The Fight for Conservation And I went on making bad puns about solitude sweetened, and ducks and drakes, as happy people do, whose hearts are quite at ease. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 In proof of this he gives the homely illustration of a flat stone caused to make "ducks and drakes." The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation He soon made ducks and drakes of what I gave him, sank lower and lower, married another woman, I believe, became an adventurer, a gambler, and a cheat. David Copperfield She had evidently had no influence over Sir Nigel, and had not been able to prevent his making ducks and drakes of her money, which of course ought to have been spent on the estate. The Shuttle He was making ducks and drakes of the paternal brewery, and although he passed in a general way for a good fellow, he had already been observed to be quarrelsome after dinner. The American He will have a very pretty income to make ducks and drakes with, and earned without much trouble. Mansfield Park But never mind, never mind, one shall wince for it, if he has been playing ducks and drakes with my good money. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Pendennis's uncle, the major, seldom does any thing without me; and as he is likely to be extravagant we've tied up the property, so that he can't make ducks and drakes with it. The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy And the riches, too, will soon be made ducks and drakes of. Redemption and two other plays His cousin was a needy man—one who had made ducks and drakes of his own property, and was for ever appealing to Mr. Galloway for assistance. The Channings It was to prevent his playing ducks and drakes with it that I finally left the jackal of a fellow whom I married. The Far Horizon Two investigations of the effects of castration on ducks and drakes have been recorded. Hormones and Heredity I learn from Witherby that Hubbard has taken that money of yours out of the Events, and from what I hear elsewhere he is making ducks and drakes of it on election bets. A Modern Instance I made ducks and drakes and asked the others riddles. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth I could leave you alone to turn it into Yankee notions—into ducks and drakes as they call 'em here. A Passionate Pilgrim With a headstrong determination he had accepted his dismissal and henceforward regarded himself as free to make ducks and drakes of his life if it so pleased him. The Vision of Desire Any man who played ducks and drakes with his chances in life was not to be depended upon, according to Colonel Hitchcock's philosophy. The Web of Life He would, as a matter of course, make ducks and drakes of it in no time. The Three Clerks "I fancy I must have been making ducks and drakes of a lot of cash before—before—well, before I was—I don't know what, or when, or where." A Crystal Age I can't make ducks and drakes of it, no matter how much I may wish to. Back to Billabong Suddenly Jarro caught sight of some young ducks and drakes, in whose company he had formerly raced backward and forward over the lake. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Life owes us steady fellows one year of freedom, anyhow—one year to make ducks and drakes of. The Magnetic North Her reply began with a hint of forlornness that vanished with her smile, as she warned: "You will play ducks and drakes with the house-boys' names." The Little Lady of the Big House About as much as he has made ducks and drakes of in a year. The Pillars of the House, V1 At length, just as Morris was growing weary of the pristine but enticing occupation of making ducks and drakes with flat pebbles, his father appeared. Stella Fregelius He lived very merrily; he went every night to the theatre, made paper kites out of five-pound notes, and played ducks and drakes with sovereigns instead of stones. The Pink Fairy Book To make ducks and drakes of one's money; to throw it idly away. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A rich man's son, he had not played ducks and drakes with his father's money. The Little Lady of the Big House She still believed that the strong right arm of an English lover could play ducks and drakes with Destiny. Told in the East Some young men make such ducks and drakes of their property when they get it" "They say that he's not like that at all. The American Senator After all, it's a free-and-easy country and if you want to play ducks and drakes it's your own business. The Winds of Chance To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or flattish stones, which being skimmed along the surface of a pond, or still river, rebound many times. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Women, in particular, had played ducks and drakes with his career. Angel Island The minute my back was turned, of course you made ducks and drakes of all your promises. At the Mercy of Tiberius Even when I was making ducks and drakes of my life generally, I didn't seem to make a mistake over money matters. The Lamp of Fate But, my dear girl, you needn't make ducks and drakes of your fortune trying to feed and cure and clothe all the poor wretches you see. Rose in Bloom Now, the Glacial period was no joke: it would have made ducks and drakes of your dear pigeons and doves. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 He made ducks and drakes of not only her money, but Johnny's too, and had to skip to Spain to avoid the trustees. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's Give a fool heaven and earth, and all the stars, and he will make ducks and drakes of them. Twilight Land So instead of conservatively investing her surplus, she makes ducks and drakes of it in her son's office. Mother For, "Give a fool heaven and earth," say I, "and all the stars, and he will make ducks and drakes of them." Twilight Land |
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