| 单词 | from wig to wall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrom wig to wall Only in from wig to wall, backwards and forwards, from pillar to post. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [phrase] > hither and thither hither and thitherc725 here and there1297 from place to placea1398 hitherward and thitherwarda1398 from post to pillarc1500 from pillar to posta1550 from wig to wall1602 hither and yon1787 hither and yond1831 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 239 Tossed from poste to piller, from wigge to wall, by a restles course of miseries. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 99 Mind what this lass has suffer'd now for you,..How she is catcht for you frae wigg to wa. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) A thing is said to gang frae wyg to waw, when it is moved backwards and forwards from the one wall of a house to the other. < as lemmas |
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