单词 | among a person's hands |
释义 | > as lemmasamong a person's hands P3. among a person's hands: under or in a person's charge, while being treated or dealt with by a person. Similarly among the hands of: under or in the charge of, while being treated or attended to by. Now rare. [Compare Middle French entre les mains de (1306 in Old French).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > having care or custody (of) [phrase] > in the care or custody of under a person's hand (also hands)OE under the wing ofc1230 in fang witha1400 in yemea1400 among the hands ofa1533 in charge (of)1548 under the umbrage of1677 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. E.vjv They that haue the charge of a prince..haue amonge theyr handes, hym that afterwarde oughte to gouerne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xviii. 4 The vessel that the Potter made off claye brake amonge his hondes. 1689 W. Jameson Verus Patroclus i. 64 By the Primary Rule, is understood that which is now among the hands of Christians. 1798 Christian Repository 4 June 262 Combine matter in your most ingenious manner, ye artificers..; has it ever sprung up to life among your hands? 1869 Orig. Secession Mag. Aug. 206 However despised the cause among our hands..let us neither be ashamed to own it, nor despair of its success. 1906 Trans. Royal Medico-chirurg. Soc. Glasgow 5 77 There is little doubt that these infants should be taken from among the hands of those who care so little. 2008 M. López Corredoira in M. López Corredoira & C. Castro Perelman Against Tide 154 The behaviour of human groups that claim to have the truth among their hands is very similar. < as lemmas |
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