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单词 in idle
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in (earlier on, an) idle
b. in (earlier on, an) idle: In vain; without result; without cause (cf. idleness n. 1). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase]
in (or on) idlenessc825
in (earlier on, an) idlec1000
in idleshipa1250
in vaina1300
over tomeheda1300
(all) for noughtc1300
in waste1340
in deveyn(ec1400
to little availc1450
without availc1450
in fruster1488
to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525
for nothing1560
sans fail1597
for vaina1616
c1000 Ælfric Leviticus xxvi. 16 On idel ge swincaþ.
c1000 Ælfric Deut. v. 11 Ne nemne ge drihtnes naman on idel.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12514 Onn idell & wiþþ utenn ned. & alls he wollde leȝȝkenn.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 3071 It nis an ydel noȝt þat ich telle þis tydinge.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxiv. 28 Be thou not a witnesse in idil [a1425 L.V. with out resonable cause] aȝen thi neȝhebore.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋522 Euery man that taketh goddes name in ydel, or falsly swereth with his mouth.
a1500 Ragman Roll 80 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 73 Al in ydel here is thy labour.
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