| 单词 | all flesh is grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall flesh is grass b. figurative. The human body, or a human being, considered as short-lived or transitory. Chiefly in all flesh is grass (and variants), after Isaiah 40:6 (see quot. 1611).With reference to the fact that, in a hot climate, grass withers and dies quickly. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xii. 279 Swa swa se witega cwæð: ælc flæsc is gærs & þæs flæsces wuldor is swilce wyrta blostm. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 47 (MED) Truste not ner leene not upon a windy rede, for euery flesshe is grasse. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lv. 6 All flesh is grasse, and all the goodlinesse thereof is as the flowre of the field. The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth. 1688 J. Patrick Pract. Anc. Church relating to Eucharist 67/1 He that could change Water into Wine, is able to change Hay (so he calls our Bodies that are Grass) into Gold, and of Flesh make an Angel. 1794 F. Asbury Jrnl. 22 Mar. (1821) II. 188 All flesh is grass, and I am grass. 1900 J. R. Paxton in Serm. Bible 26 Since I am grass, and disease is in the air, and I die to-morrow, I will have no dealings with malice, or hate, or envies. 2011 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 12 Mar. (Review section) 1 As individuals we are bound to degenerate... All flesh is grass. < as lemmas |
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