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单词 girdle of chastity
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girdle of chastity
c. In various phrases and proverbial sayings. girdle of chastity = chastity belt n.; girdle of Venus: see Venus n.1 9.Many of these refer to the practice of wearing keys hung at one's girdle. (to have, hold) under one's girdle: in subjection, under one's control. † ne'er an M by your girdle? = Haven't you the politeness to say ‘Master’? † to give up the girdle: to confess oneself beaten. † to turn one's girdle: ? to find harmless outlet for one's anger (see Schmidt and the commentators).
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] > give in
descend?a1400
to give up the girdlea1400
submita1525
to give over1530
subscribe1560
yield1576
come1607
to give in1616
to give the stoop1623
buckle1642
incumb1656
to knock under board, under (the) table1692
capitulate1714
to strike underc1730
knuckle down1735
cave1844
to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860
incline1866
to give (it) best1878
give way1879
to roll over1919
society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > under control > under the rule or control of
under the yardc1275
under the wandc1400
(to have, hold) under one's girdle1541
a1400–50 Alexander 181 Bot gefe þaim vp þe girdill vs gaynes noȝt ellis.
a1400–50 Alexander 758 And oþir recouyre me þi rewme or reche vp þe girdill.
1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 203/2 If hee bee in Rome, and hath all Princes neckes vnder hys gyrdell.
a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 129 All the keis hange not bi on mannis girdill.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iii. sig. E.ij Neare an M by your girdle?
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria i. i, in Terence in Eng. 11 Iwis it is not long hence I must liue after an others pleasure, with my head vnder anothers girdle.
1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I4 I know you are as good a man..as was ere girt in a girdle.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 141 Prince I thinke he be angry indeed. Claud. If he be, he knowes how to turne his girdle . View more context for this quotation
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Pref. sig. ¶¶v In whose opinions they onely haue the keyes of Art at their girdles.
1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 80 He is curst in his Mothers Belly that would over-top such Princes, and bring their heads under his Girdle.
1668 S. Pepys Diary 14 Feb. (1976) IX. 71 Thereby [by allowing £70,000 a year for ‘intelligence’] Cromwell carried the secret of all the princes of Europ at his girdle.
1706 Fowler in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 20 Jan. (O.H.S.) I. 166 He depended upon none, and..would not be under any one's Girdle.
1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire I. 399 Their girls..are provided with laced stays, or a broad girdle made of untanned leather: this singular coat of mail is among the common people tightly sewed round the waist, but in the higher classes it is fastened with silver hooks, so that they are obliged to wear it till their wedding-night... Besides the girdle of chastity above mentioned there is another circumstance which contributes to preserve the elegant shape of the girls: they are sparingly nourished.
1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1859) II. lxxvii. 31 A leader who carries half the Scottish Church under his girdle.
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