| 单词 | get out of the briers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasget out of the briers 4. fig. (plural) Troubles, difficulties, vexations: in modern use with conscious reference to the literal sense. Hence †to leave in the briers, be in the briers, get out of the briers (all obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > circumstance or occurrence plightc1300 woea1325 fanda1400 afflictionc1429 assayc1430 brier?1504 trouble?1521 distress1549 smarts1552 say?1572 infliction1590 disaccommodation1645 trial1754 ordeal1807 time1809 kill-cow1825 Via Crucis1844 Via Dolorosa1844 racket1877 pisser1957 ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. hh.iv Fatal brerys whiche be contraryous. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diiiiv The bryers & paryls of this worlde. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 237/2 Leauyng the bishops and such other, in the bryars. 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 3 v Now is hee free, that hapneth in the breares. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 276 Helping a great offender out of the Bryars. 1674 Earl Kincardin in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. xlv. 75 Wee..were glade to get out of the briers at that rate. 1770 Monthly Rev. 35 The Netherlanders..had freed themselves from the Romish briars. 1794 W. Blake Gard. Love in Songs Exper. 12 Priests..binding with briars my joys and desires. < as lemmas |
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