英语词汇“do not sit in rome and strive with the pope”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Chiefly Scottish. do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope (and variants): do not attempt to criticize or oppose a powerful person while in his or her own territory.

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1561 W. Maitland Let. 10 Aug. in G. Cook Hist. Reformation Scotl. (1819) III. App. p. xl If this cannot be brought to pass, then I see well, at length it will be hard for me to dwell in Rome and strive with the Pope.

a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. F2 Ye may not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope.

1641 W. Laud Recantation Prelate of Canterbury 38 It is certainly a great losse, not to have the Parliaments affection, and very hard (as they say) to sit in Rome, and strive against the Pope.

a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ii. 37 [Reportedly said in Glasgow Cathedral in 1621] He [sc. Robert Boyd] uttered his indignation in very high words..; for he said, ‘I will not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope.’

1824 J. Russell Tour Germany II. v. 305 They are too apt to forget the homely saying, that it is folly to live in Rome and quarrel with the Pope.

1846 C. I. Johnstone Edinb. Tales III. 258/2 I need not tell you of not sitting in Rome and striving with the Pope.

1907 S. MacManus Dr. Kilgannon 11 ‘Still, of course,’ he went on, softening his tone, ‘there's no use living in Rome and fighting with the Pope.’

2007 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 22 Aug. [He] tried to go against Mr Ssempijja too, and is right now in political oblivion. It is folly to live in Rome and rub shoulders with the pope.

单词	do not sit in rome and strive with the pope
释义	> as lemmas do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope c. Chiefly Scottish. do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope (and variants): do not attempt to criticize or oppose a powerful person while in his or her own territory. ΚΠ 1561 W. Maitland Let. 10 Aug. in G. Cook Hist. Reformation Scotl. (1819) III. App. p. xl If this cannot be brought to pass, then I see well, at length it will be hard for me to dwell in Rome and strive with the Pope. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. F2 Ye may not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope. 1641 W. Laud Recantation Prelate of Canterbury 38 It is certainly a great losse, not to have the Parliaments affection, and very hard (as they say) to sit in Rome, and strive against the Pope. a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ii. 37 [Reportedly said in Glasgow Cathedral in 1621] He [sc. Robert Boyd] uttered his indignation in very high words..; for he said, ‘I will not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope.’ 1824 J. Russell Tour Germany II. v. 305 They are too apt to forget the homely saying, that it is folly to live in Rome and quarrel with the Pope. 1846 C. I. Johnstone Edinb. Tales III. 258/2 I need not tell you of not sitting in Rome and striving with the Pope. 1907 S. MacManus Dr. Kilgannon 11 ‘Still, of course,’ he went on, softening his tone, ‘there's no use living in Rome and fighting with the Pope.’ 2007 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 22 Aug. [He] tried to go against Mr Ssempijja too, and is right now in political oblivion. It is folly to live in Rome and rub shoulders with the pope. extracted from Romen. < as lemmas
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