英语词汇“every herring should hang by its own head, gills, neck, tail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. Proverbial phrases. †neither (no) barrel better herring, never a barrel the (a) better herring.: i.e. never one better than another, nothing to choose between them: see barrel n. 4 neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring.: see fish n.¹ Phrases 2 dead as a herring: see dead adj. 32b. I like not barrel or herring: I dislike the whole of it. every herring should hang by its own head, gills, neck, tail: every one should stand on his own merits (local). Also thick as herrings (i.e. in shoals); like herrings in a barrel; as thin as a herring.

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. xi. sig. Lv A foule olde riche widowe, whether wed wold ye, Or a yonge fayre mayde, beyng poore as ye be. In neither barrell better hearryng (quoth hee).

a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 1922 Lyke lorde, lyke chaplayne; neyther barrell better herynge.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 23 For a ful reckning, I lyk not barrel or hearing.

1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 20 Every herring must hang by th' owne gill.

1672 W. Walker Paroemiologia Anglo-Lat. 23/1 Every herring must hang by its own neck; gill.

1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 127 There was never a Barrel better Herring, one as rich and ill favoured as the other.

1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. ii. 32 Let not the fault of the Ass be laid upon the Pack-Saddle, every Herring must hang by its own Gills.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 240 Let every Herring hing by its own Head.

1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 226 Virtues, thick as herrings, in their souls.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 267 Na, na! let every herring hing by its ain head.

1824 T. Carlyle Let. 4 Dec. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 215 It is the law in Yarmouth that ‘every herring hang by its own head’.

1890 H. Caine Bondman ii. ii Adam, thinking as little of pride, said No, that every herring should hang by its own gills.

1891 N. Gould Double Event 117 (Farmer) People jammed inside like herrings in a barrel.

单词	every herring should hang by its own head, gills, neck, tail
释义	> as lemmas every herring should hang by its own head, gills, neck, tail 2. Proverbial phrases. †neither (no) barrel better herring, never a barrel the (a) better herring.: i.e. never one better than another, nothing to choose between them: see barrel n. 4 neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring.: see fish n.¹ Phrases 2 dead as a herring: see dead adj. 32b. I like not barrel or herring: I dislike the whole of it. every herring should hang by its own head, gills, neck, tail: every one should stand on his own merits (local). Also thick as herrings (i.e. in shoals); like herrings in a barrel; as thin as a herring. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. xi. sig. Lv A foule olde riche widowe, whether wed wold ye, Or a yonge fayre mayde, beyng poore as ye be. In neither barrell better hearryng (quoth hee). a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 1922 Lyke lorde, lyke chaplayne; neyther barrell better herynge. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 23 For a ful reckning, I lyk not barrel or hearing. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 20 Every herring must hang by th' owne gill. 1672 W. Walker Paroemiologia Anglo-Lat. 23/1 Every herring must hang by its own neck; gill. 1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 127 There was never a Barrel better Herring, one as rich and ill favoured as the other. 1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. ii. 32 Let not the fault of the Ass be laid upon the Pack-Saddle, every Herring must hang by its own Gills. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 240 Let every Herring hing by its own Head. 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 226 Virtues, thick as herrings, in their souls. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 267 Na, na! let every herring hing by its ain head. 1824 T. Carlyle Let. 4 Dec. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 215 It is the law in Yarmouth that ‘every herring hang by its own head’. 1890 H. Caine Bondman ii. ii Adam, thinking as little of pride, said No, that every herring should hang by its own gills. 1891 N. Gould Double Event 117 (Farmer) People jammed inside like herrings in a barrel. extracted from herringn. < as lemmas
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