| 单词 | fields have eyes and woods have ears |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfields have eyes and woods have ears P9. Proverb. fields have eyes and woods have ears and variants: unseen people may be watching or listening. Cf. ear n.1 Phrases 3d. ΚΠ a1300 in Englische Studien (1900) 31 8 (MED) Veld haued hege, and wude haued heare. Campus habet lumen et habet nemus auris acumen. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 664 That feeld hath eyen and the wode hath erys. a1500 (?a1400) Tale King Edward & Shepherd (Cambr.) (1930) l. 268 (MED) Wode has erys, fylde has siȝt. 1605 P. Woodhouse Flea sig. B3 Know that fieldes haue eyes, & woods haue eares. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Saga King Olaf in Tales Wayside Inn 105 Forests have ears, and fields have eyes; Often treachery lurking lies. 1905 S. J. Weyman Starvecrow Farm xxviii. 320 Heedful of the old saying, that fields have eyes and woods have ears, she looked carefully round her before she laid her hand on the gate. 2008 C. Clark Hangman Blind (2009) 286 I'll be watching, waiting, following. You'll never get away. The fields have eyes. < as lemmas |
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