| 单词 | above one's bend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabove one's bend b. above one's bend: beyond one's powers. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [phrase] > beyond one's powers to do or attain above one's thumb1766 above one's bend1835 no can do1868 beyond one's grasp1871 1835 D. Crockett Acct. Col. Crockett's Tour 44 I shall not attempt to describe the curiosities here [i.e. at Peale's Museum]; it is above my bend. 1848 J. F. Cooper Oak Openings It would be above my bend to attempt telling you all we saw among the Redskins. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 577 Above one's bend means, above one's power of bending all his strength to a certain purpose. < as lemmas |
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