| 单词 | hell-for-leather |
| 例句 | A kind of hell-for-leather gaiety invaded the city. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The hell-for-leather riding tactics practiced in the era, and the absence of protective gear, increased the vulnerability of race riders to mortal injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Boseman had already had a brief outing as the character two years ago in the hell-for-leather melee of Captain America: Civil War. Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman: 'Everybody’s minds are opening up' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z The account of the later stages of the great man’s deterioration is so harrowing as to provide a stinging rebuke to the countless imitators who took inspiration from Hunter Thompson’s hell-for-leather drinking and drug-taking. ‘Stories I Tell Myself: Growing Up With Hunter S. Thompson’ review 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z As might be expected from a seasoned pro like Crais, the story is sure-footed and unequivocally hell-for-leather. 'The Sentry': Robert Crais' story of a strong man with a blind spot 2011-01-13T21:05:05Z In this hell-for-leather story, the military cop turned modern knight errant can't help but wade into a feud between a crooked family and the rural Midwest locals they have terrorized for decades. New in crime fiction: Elmore Leonard, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, more 2010-10-06T23:16:00Z A suited, spectacle-wearing Di Botcher charges hell-for-leather through “Broadway Baby,” her powerhouse vocals accompanied by a face riven with desperation and fear. Sondheim’s ‘Follies’ Is Back, at Once Bleak and Beautiful 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Both, for instance, have hell-for-leather plots about drug smugglers. ‘The Carrion Birds’: battling for survival in the New Mexican wilderness 2013-04-11T20:42:50Z And yet, given the audacity, gusto and hell-for-leather filmmaking on display, the prospect of subsequent installments does not seem unreasonable. Review: ‘The Osiris Child’ Has It All, and Then Some 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z At first I was thrilled by the idea of it – an international blockbuster about a 21-year-old girl going at it hell-for-leather with a hot boy. Caitlin Moran: my sex quest years 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z In its hell-for-leather fashion this works just fine, though there is something dogged – even joyless – about the way it sets about its task. Film review: Centurion 2010-04-22T22:25:00Z But what you get with Jigsaw are performers who radiate enjoyment and ease with a crowd, and a hell-for-leather pace that means – however corny the last gag – something amusing is never far away. Jigsaw ? review 2011-08-22T17:00:08Z Regnard swiped liberally from situations in both Molière’s “The Miser” and “The Imaginary Invalid,” but his style is less satirical and more akin to a raucous, ribald hell-for-leather farce. Theater Review: ‘The Heir Apparent,’ by Way of David Ives 2014-04-10T02:00:01Z This year, however, an unusual set of weather patterns and warm Pacific Ocean waters have short-circuited these normally reliable safeguards and allowed Hurricane Hilary to make its hell-for-leather dash for Southern California. What put Hurricane Hilary on a collision course with California? 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z It was interesting to see Guardiola say their improvement owes in part to running *less* – not always what we hear in these days of hell-for-leather pressing. Manchester City v Brighton: Premier League – live! 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z It seems to me that Gehrig was merely getting too old to play hell-for-leather baseball and that the scientists of ailments or advertising gave him a graceful exit. Today marks the 80th anniversary of the worst take in sports history - Golf Digest 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z This hell-for-leather, scurrilously funny thriller is simply dazzling, despite the fact that you’d be hard-pressed to find a line suitable for quoting in a family-minded newspaper. New in crime fiction: A fizzy thriller and an homage to Agatha Christie 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Me, I love the Monsters; those Picasso-mocking ladies equipped with extra pairs of eyes have the hell-for-leather disarray of his best Dada works. Francis Picabia: the art 'loser' who ended up winning it all 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “Refiners have been running plants hell-for-leather to take advantage of strong margins,” he said. Refinery Woes Stall Gasoline Price Drops 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z And the municipal authorities have built libraries, parks and local enterprise centres in the slums: public spaces in places which lacked everything but private hell-for-leather land grabs. A Tale of Several Cities - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z One winter morning about two years ago, marine mammal scientist Anton van Helden was driving hell-for-leather up to the far north of New Zealand. A First Look at a Never-Before Seen Whale 2012-11-06T13:50:21Z Got to love the fan chutzpah of a program that's always had a bit of a gambler's hell-for-leather attitude. Washington State's Mike Leach era starts with a tough game at BYU 2012-08-30T03:09:17Z The sepoys usually swarm out hell-for-leather and we rush to meet them. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z One of you ride hell-for-leather to the nearest telephone and call up Lexington. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Given that the command and the technical operations are in the hands of highly trained and fairly serious-minded officers, you can’t have too much slapbang, hell-for-leather, devil-take-the-consequences spirit in the ship’s company. Sea-Hounds Cap Taylor, ma'am," he was saying, "told me to get here first by the horse trail, so I rode hell-for-leather. A Man in the Open "When I last saw him, riding off hell-for-leather on my nag, he was extremely alive, mother-naked and covered with blood but as alive as I am this instant." The Buttoned Sky Tearing hell-for-leather out of old Sol's little family. The Women-Stealers of Thrayx Then came the great day when scores of our new machines, husbanded for the occasion, engaged the enemy hell-for-leather at his own place in the air. Cavalry of the Clouds Then she tore right on hell-for-leather hunting for Huns, for it’s each ship for herself and the devil take the hind-most in the destroyer game more than in any other. Sea-Hounds I felt under no obligation to give the alarm—it never once occurred to me that the second man wasn't tearing hell-for-leather to the police-station with his story! The Monk of Hambleton And there she was, galloping into that field, hell-for-leather, unwrapping her long-tailed whip as she came. Kildares of Storm He wants to be a wicked, hell-for-leather fellow, but he hasn't got the stomach for it! Changing Winds A Novel But Mary said she sounded like she was fussin’ and she thought something must be wrong, and for me to hop her horse and come hell-for-leather and tell you.” The Flockmaster of Poison Creek This hell-for-leather blacksmith 125 wants to blow in his week’s wages on drinks. The Spoilers of the Valley I rode hell-for-leather into town to head ’em off.” The Fighting Edge No, you are to ride back to Habshiabad hell-for-leather, and create a diversion by crossing the Ghara with every man you can lay your hands on. The Path to Honour They rode hell-for-leather down the streets, gaudy outfits glittering in the sun. Land of the Burnt Thigh I was in a little run-about with a pal when he came scooting by hell-for-leather. The Grell Mystery Thompson, the Government Agent, is away hell-for-leather with Morrison on the Coldcreek Road. The Spoilers of the Valley Another Maronite resented that, and killed a Druse; and they were all at it, hell-for-leather. The Wind Bloweth You're caught near where some stolen army stock is stashed away, an' your partner lights out hell-for-leather, breaking through army lines. Rebel Spurs In other words, life's like fox-hunting; choose your line, choose it slowly and carefully, then follow it 'hell-for-leather.' The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Just before the shell fire our burghers had gone out ahead hell-for-leather on either flank. With Botha in the Field "Two fellows comin' hell-for-leather across the valley," he said in a voice that expressed his fears. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Get back to the mines hell-for-leather, and tell them what's happening, and see that you get up some kind of a show for to-morrow at noon. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies A second later and I was in the saddle, riding hell-for-leather for the north. Prester John He went hell-for-leather over a piece of ground which was being watered with H.E., but by the mercy of heaven nothing hit him. Greenmantle Mankato lies between cliffs and the Minnesota River, hard by Traverse des Sioux, where the first settlers made treaties with the Indians, and the cattle-rustlers once came galloping before hell-for-leather posses. Main Street Fate, Kismet, Predestination—whatever it was, it came zip! boom! hell-for-leather! Ptomaine Street Here have I been going hell-for-leather up and down the country.' Gone to Earth Almost his last words to me were to come back hell-for-leather if I saw the game was hopeless, and in any case to leave as soon as I got any news. Prester John The hare running hell-for-leather, and me after him over brake and dell. Messer Marco Polo |
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