| 单词 | an englishman's home is his castle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasan Englishman's (also man's, etc.) home is his castle an Englishman's (also man's, etc.) home is his castle: used to indicate or state that a person's home (sometimes specifically that of a man or an Englishman) is, or should be, a place of privacy and freedom from interference. Cf. an (English)man's house (is) his castle at sense 3e. ΚΠ 1806 European Mag. June 436/2 A man's home is not only his castle, but it is his sanctuary. 1836 Lady's Mag. & Museum Feb. 139/2 The grand principle, that..every Englishman's home is his castle. 1891 Los Angeles Times 27 Mar. 2/7 Being thus suddenly disturbed in his dreams..served to bring back to his mind the old saying that a man's home is his castle, and seizing his pistol he quickly unlocked the side door. 1899 Outlook 16 Dec. 647 She forgets how much the Londoner's home is his and her castle, especially at the time of greatest freedom—the evening. 1915 Forum July 35 The Englishman's home is no longer his castle; the Defence of the Realm Regulations make a considerable breach in it. 1986 R.-L. Clark Pastoral Care Battered Women i. 25 Believing that ‘a man's home is his castle,’ many police refuse to interfere in domestic violence cases. 2008 New Statesman 30 June 10/3 [The judge] ruled that his property should not be seized because ‘an Englishman's home is his castle’. < as lemmas |
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