| 单词 | he should have a long spoon that sups with the devil |
| 释义 | > as lemmashe should have a long spoon that sups with the Devil a. In the proverb he should have a long spoon that sups with the Devil, or variations of this. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 594 Therfore bihoueth hire a ful long spoon That shal ete with a feend. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) sig. Biv He had nede to haue a longe spone that shuld eate with the deuyl. 1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie i. v. 16 They that suppe keile with the Deuill, haue neede of long spoons. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 98 This is a diuell, and no Monster: I will leaue him, I haue no long Spoone . View more context for this quotation 1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. ii Here's a latten spoon, and a long one, to feed with the devil! 1684 Yorkshire Dial. 55 (E.D.S.) He mun heve a lang-Shafted speaun that sups kail with the Devil. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 180 He suld hae a lang-shankit spune that wad sup kail wi' the de'il. 1840 R. H. Barham Lay St. Nicholas in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 270 Who suppes with the Deville sholde have a long spoone! 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew III. viii. 180 He had voluntarily supped with the devil—and his spoon had been too short. < as lemmas |
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