| 单词 | from dan to beersheba |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrom Dan to Beersheba Used in proverbial phrases to indicate a farthest extremity, esp. in from Dan to Beersheba. (Cf. Judges 20:1, 2 Samuel 24:2, 1 Kings 4:25.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere far and near or nighOE in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250 high and low1525 here, there, and everywherea1593 in every stead1596 through long and broad ——1617 from Dan to Beersheba1738 all along the line1877 all over the auction1930 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 76 I remember, you told me, you had been with her from Dan to Bersheba. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 85 I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren. 1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 9 Apr. (1941) 222 The whole saving will not exceed a guinea or two for being cursd and damnd from Dan to Beersheba. 1905 H. G. Wells Mod. Utopia ix. 268 The Utopians distinguished two extremes of this Kinetic class according to the quality of their imaginative preferences, the Dan and Beersheba, as it were, of this division. < as lemmas |
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