英语词汇“first catch your hare”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. Phrases and Proverbs. to hold with the hare and run (also hunt) with the hounds: = to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds at run v. Phrases 4c. first catch your hare (i.e. as the first step to cooking him): a direction jestingly ascribed to Mrs. Glasse's Cookery Book, but of much more recent origin. †to hunt for or catch a hare with a tabor; †to take hares with foxes, †to seek a hare in a hen's nest, also to set the tortoise to catch the hare: to seek to do something almost impossible. †to kiss the hare's foot: to be late. †to have two hares afoot or to run after two hares: to undertake too many things. to get the hare's foot to lick: to obtain very little. to make a hare of: to make ridiculous. †to set the hare's head (foot, hare-pie) against the goose-giblet: to let one thing serve as a set-off to another. here or there the hare went or goes away: here or there the matter ended. Also, expressions referring to Æsop's Fable of the Race between the Hare and the Tortoise.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > attempt the impossible

to hunt for or catch a hare with a tabor1399

gnaw a file1484

to take hares with foxes1577

to seek a hare in a hen's nest1599

to wash a Negro (white)1611

to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616

to lick a file1647

to set the tortoise to catch the hare1803

to look for a needle in a haystack1855

to bite file1880

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > let one thing serve (as a set-off)

to set the hare's head (foot, hare-pie) against the goose-giblet1545

per contra1554

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] > make ridiculous

to make (a) mock ofc1475

ridiculize?1615

turn1673

ridicule1684

to make a hare of1830

farcify1834

guy1854

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles i. 58 Men myȝtten as well haue huntyd an hare with a tabre As aske ony mendis ffor þat þei mysdede.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 263 Þou hast a crokyd tunge heldyng wyth hownd and wyth hare.

1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. xxxvi^v As we say in our englyshe prouerbe: Set the hares head against the gose gyblet. [See also 1546 J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 52; 1607 Dekker Westw. Hoe v. iv, Dramatic Wks. 1873, and note.]

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. C^v And yet shall we catche a hare with a taber, As soone as catche ought of them.

1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.i^v Holde with the hare and run with the hounde, run thare: As wyght as the hounde, and as wyse as the hare.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 22/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I But in deede it is harde to take Hares with Foxes.

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I3^v Hee is gone to seeke a Hayre in a Hennes nest..which is as sildome seene as a blacke Swan.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xlv. 914 And here went the hare away.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 137 You are the Hare of whom the Prouerb goes Whose valour plucks dead Lyons by the beard.

1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. ii. 51 We had need Make haste away, vnlesse we meane to speed With those that kisse the Hares foot.

1633 Match at Mid-night v. sig. I2^v As I haue beene Bawd to the flesh, you haue beene Bawd to your money; so set the Hare Pye against the Goose giblets.

1659 T. Burton Diary 9 Mar. (1828) IV. 108 Keep to your debate. You have two hares a-foot. You will lose both.

a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) ii. xxiii. 151 An ill Hare is said to make a good Dog.

1690 Turn-Coat of Times iv, in Roxburghe Ballads (1883) IV. 515 I can hold with the Hare, and run with The Hound: Which no body can deny.

1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) iv. iii. 509 It would appear to be setting the tortoise to catch the hare.

1818 W. Scott Let. 7 Feb. (1933) V. 77 The poor clergyman (got) nothing whatever, or, as we say, the hare's foot to lick.

1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry II. 111 What a hare Mat mad iv 'im..and did not lave him a leg to stand upon.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring xiv ‘A soldier, Prince, must needs obey his orders: mine are..to seize wherever I should light upon him—’ ‘First catch your hare!..’ exclaimed his Royal Highness.

1858 Times 25 Aug. 6/2 Bitter experience has taught us not to cook our hare before we have caught it.

1896 Daily News 20 July 8/2 The familiar words, ‘First catch your hare’, were never to be found in Mrs. Glasse's famous volume. What she really said was, ‘Take your hare when it is cased’.

1938 J. Cary Castle Corner x. 562 That fella thought he'd made a hare of me, but I knew one trick better.

单词	first catch your hare
释义	> as lemmas first catch your hare 2. Phrases and Proverbs. to hold with the hare and run (also hunt) with the hounds: = to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds at run v. Phrases 4c. first catch your hare (i.e. as the first step to cooking him): a direction jestingly ascribed to Mrs. Glasse's Cookery Book, but of much more recent origin. †to hunt for or catch a hare with a tabor; †to take hares with foxes, †to seek a hare in a hen's nest, also to set the tortoise to catch the hare: to seek to do something almost impossible. †to kiss the hare's foot: to be late. †to have two hares afoot or to run after two hares: to undertake too many things. to get the hare's foot to lick: to obtain very little. to make a hare of: to make ridiculous. †to set the hare's head (foot, hare-pie) against the goose-giblet: to let one thing serve as a set-off to another. here or there the hare went or goes away: here or there the matter ended. Also, expressions referring to Æsop's Fable of the Race between the Hare and the Tortoise. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > attempt the impossible to hunt for or catch a hare with a tabor1399 gnaw a file1484 to take hares with foxes1577 to seek a hare in a hen's nest1599 to wash a Negro (white)1611 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to lick a file1647 to set the tortoise to catch the hare1803 to look for a needle in a haystack1855 to bite file1880 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > let one thing serve (as a set-off) to set the hare's head (foot, hare-pie) against the goose-giblet1545 per contra1554 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] > make ridiculous to make (a) mock ofc1475 ridiculize?1615 turn1673 ridicule1684 to make a hare of1830 farcify1834 guy1854 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles i. 58 Men myȝtten as well haue huntyd an hare with a tabre As aske ony mendis ffor þat þei mysdede. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 263 Þou hast a crokyd tunge heldyng wyth hownd and wyth hare. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. xxxvi^v As we say in our englyshe prouerbe: Set the hares head against the gose gyblet. [See also 1546 J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 52; 1607 Dekker Westw. Hoe v. iv, Dramatic Wks. 1873, and note.] 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. C^v And yet shall we catche a hare with a taber, As soone as catche ought of them. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.i^v Holde with the hare and run with the hounde, run thare: As wyght as the hounde, and as wyse as the hare. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 22/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I But in deede it is harde to take Hares with Foxes. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I3^v Hee is gone to seeke a Hayre in a Hennes nest..which is as sildome seene as a blacke Swan. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xlv. 914 And here went the hare away. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 137 You are the Hare of whom the Prouerb goes Whose valour plucks dead Lyons by the beard. View more context for this quotation 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. ii. 51 We had need Make haste away, vnlesse we meane to speed With those that kisse the Hares foot. 1633 Match at Mid-night v. sig. I2^v As I haue beene Bawd to the flesh, you haue beene Bawd to your money; so set the Hare Pye against the Goose giblets. 1659 T. Burton Diary 9 Mar. (1828) IV. 108 Keep to your debate. You have two hares a-foot. You will lose both. a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) ii. xxiii. 151 An ill Hare is said to make a good Dog. 1690 Turn-Coat of Times iv, in Roxburghe Ballads (1883) IV. 515 I can hold with the Hare, and run with The Hound: Which no body can deny. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) iv. iii. 509 It would appear to be setting the tortoise to catch the hare. 1818 W. Scott Let. 7 Feb. (1933) V. 77 The poor clergyman (got) nothing whatever, or, as we say, the hare's foot to lick. 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry II. 111 What a hare Mat mad iv 'im..and did not lave him a leg to stand upon. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring xiv ‘A soldier, Prince, must needs obey his orders: mine are..to seize wherever I should light upon him—’ ‘First catch your hare!..’ exclaimed his Royal Highness. 1858 Times 25 Aug. 6/2 Bitter experience has taught us not to cook our hare before we have caught it. 1896 Daily News 20 July 8/2 The familiar words, ‘First catch your hare’, were never to be found in Mrs. Glasse's famous volume. What she really said was, ‘Take your hare when it is cased’. 1938 J. Cary Castle Corner x. 562 That fella thought he'd made a hare of me, but I knew one trick better. extracted from haren. < as lemmas
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