| 单词 | how the land lies |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow the land lies b. how the land lies: primarily Nautical (see quot. 1699); now chiefly figurative = what is the state of affairs. ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew How lies the Land? How stands the Reckoning? 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vii. 101 Several gentlemen..had a mind to feel how the land lay. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. vii. 99 Uncle Charles's eyes had discovered how the land lay as regarded Rose and himself. < as lemmas |
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