| 单词 | every jack must have his jill | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasEvery Jack must (or will) have his Jill  b.  In collocation with the female forename Jill (or Gill); cf. jill n. 1b. Often in proverbial expressions, as  Every Jack must (or will) have his Jill,  a good Jack makes a good Jill, etc. See also Jack and Jill n.In quot. 1619   with punning allusion to gill n.2 ΚΠ ?a1475    Ludus Coventriae 		(1922)	 314  				And I wole kepe þe feet þis tyde þow þer come both jakke and gylle. a1500						 (a1460)						    Towneley Plays 		(1994)	 I. iii. 39  				For Iak nor for Gill Will I turne my face. a1529    J. Skelton Magnyfycence 		(?1530)	 sig. Aiiiiv  				What auayleth lordshyp yourselfe for to kyll with care and with thought howe Iacke shalle haue gyl. 1546    J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue  ii. iii. sig. Gv  				Al is wel. Iak shal haue gill. 1619    H. Hutton Satyricall Epigrams in  Follie's Anat. sig. C8  				Fill me a quart (quoth he) I'me called Will: The prouerbe is, Each Iack will haue his-Gill. 1670    J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 108  				A good Jack makes a good Gill. 1699    B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew  				Gill..a homely Woman. Every Jack must have his Gill. 1732    T. Fuller Gnomologia 112  				If Jack's in Love, he's no Judge of Jill's Beauty. 1780    C. Dibdin Songs, Duetts, Trios in Islanders 		(ed. 2)	  ii. 13  				Ev'ry Jill some Jack can find. 1853    E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I.  iii. x. 198  				If Gill was a shrew, it was because Jack did not, as in duty bound, stop her mouth with a kiss! 1875    A. Thomas Maskleynes I. iii. 68  				Every Jack will have his Jill, and if we don't bring the right Jacks and Jills together, it's only human nature that, in their anxiety to pair, they should sometimes pair badly. 1938    Amer. Home June 52/1 		(advt.)	  				Two little play suits climbed the hill—One on Jack, and one on Jill. 2015    National Post 		(Canada)	 		(Nexis)	 22 Aug. (Weekend Post section) 14  				The Jacks have won their Jills. < as lemmas  | 
	
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