| 单词 | a fool's bolt is soon shot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa fool's bolt is soon shot a. An arrow; especially one of the stouter and shorter kind with blunt or thickened head, called also quarrel, discharged from a crossbow or other engine. Often figurative, esp. in the proverbial phrase a fool's bolt is soon shot, so common from the 13th to 18th centuries. †at first bolt: at the first go off. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] streale?680 floc893 arrowOE pileOE bolta1000 flanea1000 archer1297 shaftc1400 grey-goose wing1566 dorlach1575 goose-wing1630 shaftment1634 fate1700 timberc1879 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > crossbow bolt > [noun] bolta1000 quarrela1250 arbalestrec1300 vire1390 matrassc1450 viretonc1500 matrass1591 quarry1600 cross-arrow1619 the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 508, 372 Catapultas, speru, boltas. a1225 Leg. Kath. 54 Ȝoure bolt is sone ischote. a1275 Prov. Alfred 421 in Old Eng. Misc. 129 Sottis bold is sone i-scoten. a1400 Cov. Myst. 136 He that shett the bolt is lyke to be schent. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 78 Loong as a Mast and vp righte as a bolt. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 529 But he made to be cast boltes of wilde fyre in to the galley of the admyrall. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 812 Hec sagitta, a harrow; hoc petulium, a bolt. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv Than wolde ye mende, as the fletcher mends his bolt. 1612 W. Fennor Cornu-copiæ 11 The grosser foole, the sooner shoots his bolt. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. B3v At first bolt..he denounces sentence before inquiry. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. liii. 185 ‘Zounds! I have done,’ (said he). ‘Your bolt is soon shot, according to the proverb,’ (said she). 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 250 Look that the cross-bowmen lack not bolts. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 129 The cross-bow-men had to open the discharge of their bolts while their bow-strings were still wet from a heavy shower. a fool's bolt is soon shot (a) With reference to hasty or rash speech or action. In early use chiefly in a fool's bolt is soon shot; now usually in fool's rush in where angels fear to tread (see rush v.2 Phrases 1) or (in shortened form) fools rush in. ΚΠ a1325 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Cambr.) xii, in Anglia (1881) 4 184 Fole is bolt is sone iscoutin. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 5266 A fooles belle is soone runge. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. iiii A foles bolt is soone shotte. 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) xlvi. 238/1 Men say, A fooles bolt is soone shot: and are not we double fooles when wee iudge without anye knowledge or discretion? 1663 Hudibras: Second Pt. 73 Sudden as Thunder (that soures Beer) As lowd too; he bids Wretches hear, For now his anger is grown hot, And a Fools bolt is soonest shot. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 36 For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread. 1797 J. Ritson Let. 24 Aug. (1833) II. 159 Now will you have my conjecture? for a fools bolt, they say, is soon shot. 1841 W. J. O’N. Daunt Old Earl & His Young Wife xiv. 180 They might fancy there was some danger from your tongue—they say a fool's bolt is soon shot. 1859 T. C. Grattan Civilized Amer. (ed. 2) II. xiii. 369 Beings who, while ‘fools rush in’ and self-made judges irreverently pronounce ex cathedrá sentence on the inscrutable acts of Heaven, stand patiently by. 1961 H. Peretti et al. Can’t help falling in Love with You (song, perf. Elvis Presley) Wise men say only fools rush in But I can't help falling in love with you. 2020 @erotician67 26 May in twitter.com (accessed 3 July 2020) Fools rush in and sometimes end up hurting other people but also yourself. < as lemmas |
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