单词 | all one's might |
释义 | > as lemmas(†at, †by, with) all one's might P3. (†at, †by, with) all one's might and variants: to the utmost of one's ability; with all one's strength. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > with all one's might (at, by, with) all one's mightOE by (also by one's) powerc1300 with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 at (also at all, after) one's power1384 upon one's powerc1400 to (the best of, the uttermost of, the extent of) one's power?a1425 tooth and naila1535 with tooth and naila1535 with both hands1549 with teeth and alla1600 horse and footc1600 with all one's force1677 for all it's worth1864 OE Ælfric tr. Basil Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem 40 Lufa ðu min bearn ðone lifiendan God mid eallre ðinre mihte. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 39 (MED) Þu scalt sahtnien þa þe beoð unisahte mid alle þine mahte. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 28 (MED) Yemme grace þat i mote wid al mine miste louien þe. c1300 St. John Baptist (Laud) 35 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 30 [They] duden him harm bi al heore miȝhte. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 10682 (MED) Þou shalt me trouþe plyght And trewly holde hyt at alle þy myȝt. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 57v (MED) Kepe þe holy comaundementis of god by al þi power & þi myȝt. c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 454 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 386 He..hyre enbrasit with al his macht. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 161 Tyll egypp shall thou fare with all the myght thou may. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 183 Be myrthfull now at all ȝour mycht. 1611 Bible (King James) Eccles. ix. 10 Whatsoeuer thy hand findeth to doe, doe it with thy might. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 346 Th' unwieldly Elephant To make them mirth us'd all his might . View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 280 The other..though he was wounded, yet had plunged himself into the Sea, and swam with all his might off to..the Canoe. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 92 He grasped the mane with both his hands, And eke with all his might. 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine 33 Shipping a single oar in the stern, [he] began to scull out with all his might. 1867 G. MacDonald Poems 10 I cry to thee with all my might Because I am bereft. 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xv It will make the bulbs and roots work and struggle with all their might under the earth. 1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xi. 147 She had lifted three paddles without the aid of man, heaving with all her small might on the stubborn handle. 1988 in R. Dinnage One to One 74 I rebelled with all my might and refused. < as lemmas |
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