单词 | for the blood of a person |
释义 | > as lemmasfor the blood of a person ΚΠ 1670 tr. C. Deschamps Gentleman-apothecary 6 He could not for his blood but blurt out a laughing. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 2) 12 A Royston Crow..could not for his blood break the shell. 1720 E. Ward Delights of Bottle ii. 32 One swears its Poor, another Prick'd, The Vint'ner knows 'tis very good, Yet dares not say so, for his Blood. ?1775 J. Ryland Preceptor 228 For the blood of him he cannot tell how thought started into being. 1839 Dublin Univ. Mag. Nov. 601/2 Bill was so much of a rogue that he could not, for the blood of him, ask an honest wish. 1858 W. Carleton Black Baronet xxxi. 325 A sneer and a chuckle, which the ambiguous old sinner could not for the blood of him suppress. < as lemmas |
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