单词 | a golden key opens any door |
释义 | > as lemmasa golden key opens any door b. figurative and in figurative contexts, with allusion to the monetary value of gold or its use as currency. In later use frequently in the proverbial phrase a golden key opens any door and variants: money can overcome any obstacle. Now rare except in golden goodbye n., golden handshake n., golden hello n., golden parachute n. at Compounds 2a.See also golden shower n. 1. ΚΠ ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 45 I am so adradde of moneyes scantnesse..Wisse me to gete a golden salve, And what I have, I wole it with you halve. 1597 N. Breton Wits Trenchmour sig. B2v Fishing with the golden hooke, which rich men onely layde in the deepe consciences of the covetous. 1615 J. Sylvester Hymn of Almes 57 in 2nd Session Parl. Vertues Reall While Great-ones..Had oft their Fingers in the Golden Pye. 1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence iii. i. sig. G2 That Petition lin'd too With golden birds, that sing to the tune of Profit. 1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 124 The gates of the new Jerusalem..are not got open by golden keys. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 102 Every door is barr'd with gold, and opens but to golden keys. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. xxiii. 388 He was rich, he was enthusiastic—he believed strongly in the power of the golden key to open any door. 1941 F. Thompson Over to Candleford iv. 69 They did not call on the newly rich family. That was before the days when a golden key could open any door. < as lemmas |
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