英语词汇“even a worm will turn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Prov. tread on a worm and it will turn: i.e. even the humblest will resent extreme ill-treatment. Also in variant or abbreviated forms, e.g. even a worm will turn.Cf. French un ver se recoquille bien quand on marche dessus.

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giv^v Treade a worme on the tayle, and it must turne agayne.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcix What worme is touched, and will not once turne again?

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. ii. 17 The smallest worme will turne being troden on.

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. D2 Tread vpon a worme they say twill turne taile.

1641 G. Raleigh Albania 28 There is not the least Worme, but being trodden upon will turne taile.

1641 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 199 A worme will turne agayne if it be trod on.

1692 S. Shaw Ποικιλοϕρονησις 18 He has scarce the courage of a Worm, to turn at him that treads upon him.

1818 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo 413 Even the instinctive worm on which we tread Turns, though it wound not.

1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxv. 245 It exhausted the patience of the much-enduring Willis; so that the worm turned again—insolently.

1864 R. Browning Mr. Sludge 72 Tread on a worm, it turns, sir! If I turn, Your fault!

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释义	> as lemmas even a worm will turn b. Prov. tread on a worm and it will turn: i.e. even the humblest will resent extreme ill-treatment. Also in variant or abbreviated forms, e.g. even a worm will turn.Cf. French un ver se recoquille bien quand on marche dessus. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giv^v Treade a worme on the tayle, and it must turne agayne. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcix What worme is touched, and will not once turne again? 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. ii. 17 The smallest worme will turne being troden on. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. D2 Tread vpon a worme they say twill turne taile. 1641 G. Raleigh Albania 28 There is not the least Worme, but being trodden upon will turne taile. 1641 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 199 A worme will turne agayne if it be trod on. 1692 S. Shaw Ποικιλοϕρονησις 18 He has scarce the courage of a Worm, to turn at him that treads upon him. 1818 P. B. Shelley Julian & Maddalo 413 Even the instinctive worm on which we tread Turns, though it wound not. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone xxv. 245 It exhausted the patience of the much-enduring Willis; so that the worm turned again—insolently. 1864 R. Browning Mr. Sludge 72 Tread on a worm, it turns, sir! If I turn, Your fault! extracted from wormn. < as lemmas
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