| 单词 | as plain as the way to dunstable |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas plain as the way to Dunstable a. In the proverbial phrase as plain as Dunstable highway (also road, way), as plain as the way to Dunstable, etc. Obsolete.Later also with highway, way, road omitted or used in a different grammatical construction, usually for reasons of rhyme (e.g. quots. 1658, 1776). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > direct and straight > type of something direct and straight Dunstable way1577 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiiv Were ye as playne as Dunstable hye waie. Yet shulde ye that waie rather breake a loue daie, Than make one. 1577 J. Bishop Beautifull Blossomes To Rdr. sig. ¶.iiiv Let them passe it ouer, and reade the rest: whiche are all pleasant, and as plaine as Dunstable way. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. H5 Indeed for the deuise I graunt it is as plaine as dunstable high way. ?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World i. vi. 86 Hee..shewed mee the way, as plaine as Dunstable roade. 1658 T. Flatman Naps upon Parnassus sig. C If thou wouldst write (as we say) plain as Dunstable; We might then apprehend thee; but not Constable Now can do't. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bedf. 114 As plain as Dunstable Road. It is applied to things plain and simple without welt or guard to adorne them, as also to matters easie and obvious to be found without any difficulty or direction. 1682 H. Care Hist. Popery IV. 144 All this, if need be, we will have proved as plain as the way to Dunstable in the next Observator. 1776 Asylum Fugitives I. 39 As plain as road is to Dunstable, I'll prove there's treason in that fable. < as lemmas |
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