play hob withとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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play hob with (三人称単数 現在形 plays hob with, 現在分詞 playing hob with, 過去形および過去分詞形 played hob with)

1. (idiomatic, dated UK, rustic US) mess with, cause trouble for
   • 1838 June 2, N.Y. Mirror, 387/1

     They say it's playing hob with the fellers in these here parts.

   • 1940, D.A. Lord, Our Lady in the Modern World, iii. 141

     The revolutionists who are playing hob with our generation are really masters of the obsolete.

   • 2010, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality §62

     It'll play hob with my sleep schedule but I suppose it can't be helped. Please let the house elves know that if I ask for an early breakfast at, say, three A.M. tomorrow morning, I'm to receive it.

同意語

• (米国用法) mess with
• (廃れた用法) play the devil (with)

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "Hob, n.¹". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1898.