play (up) Old Gooseberry

1. obsolete To cause or partake in mischief, chaos, or havoc. "Old Gooseberry" is an archaic term for the Devil. The drunken revelers played Old Gooseberry as they caroused down the street, making as much noise and causing as much damage as they could.

2. obsolete To silence, defeat, or put an end to someone or something causing a disturbance. Often followed by "with." The constable came upon the scene and, with a strike of his billy club against the table, played up Old Gooseberry with the insolent knaves.

词组	play (up) Old Gooseberry
释义	play (up) Old Gooseberry play (up) Old Gooseberry 1. obsolete To cause or partake in mischief, chaos, or havoc. "Old Gooseberry" is an archaic term for the Devil. The drunken revelers played Old Gooseberry as they caroused down the street, making as much noise and causing as much damage as they could. 2. obsolete To silence, defeat, or put an end to someone or something causing a disturbance. Often followed by "with." The constable came upon the scene and, with a strike of his billy club against the table, played up Old Gooseberry with the insolent knaves. See also: gooseberry, old, play Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: make old bones bolt bucket a piece of old tackie old cobber be (as) old as the hills any old ape leader leader geezer mossback
随便看	campy cam red can canary canary in a coal mine can barely hear (oneself) think can but can carry a tune cancel cancel Christmas cancel culture cancel each other out canceled cancel (one's) Christmas cancel out cancel out of cancel out of (something) cancel someone out of something cancel someone’s Christmas cancer stick can/could teach/tell somebody a thing or two can count on the fingers of one hand candidate candidate for a pair of wings candied