| 单词 | how the wind sits |
| 释义 | > as lemmashow the wind sits P8. how the wind sits and variants: what the state of affairs is, how things are. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 98 That she should so dote on signior Benedicke... Bene. Ist possible? sits the wind in that corner ? View more context for this quotation 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles i. i Sits the winde there? blowes there so calme a gale From a contemned and deserued anger? 1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table iv. i. 42 Ha, Captain, how sits the Wind between you and your Mistress? 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 23 So soon as the Marquis's political agent found how the wind sate, he began [etc.]. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona vi. 63 Is it so the wind sits? 1939 Irish Times 24 July 6/7 The whispers of peace..are generally regarded as a balloon sent up just to see how the wind sits. 2000 Times 27 June 27/5 The official British position is that majority voting on treaty changes..and funding..are..‘no go areas’. But that is not the way the wind sits. < as lemmas |
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