take a ride to Tyburn

obsolete To go to one's execution, especially by hanging. (From the Anglo-Saxon town of Tyburn, renowned for its practice of capital punishment.) The knave, found guilty of the theft of a loaf of bread, will be taking a ride to Tyburn in a fortnight's time.

词组	take a ride to Tyburn
释义	take a ride to Tyburn take a ride to Tyburn obsolete To go to one's execution, especially by hanging. (From the Anglo-Saxon town of Tyburn, renowned for its practice of capital punishment.) The knave, found guilty of the theft of a loaf of bread, will be taking a ride to Tyburn in a fortnight's time. See also: ride, take Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: loaves use (one's) loaf use your loaf sheriff sheriff's picture frame at (one's) doorstep at doorstep at expense at somebody's expense at someone's expense
随便看	on the ropes, to be on the run on the safe side on the same page on the same page, to be on the same wavelength on the sauce on the say-so of (someone) on the scene on the scene, be on the scent on the scent (of something) on the scrap heap on the shady side of on the shelf on the sick list on the side on the sidelines on the side of the angels on the side of the angels, to be on the skids on the slate on the sly on the something side on the spot