| 单词 | at a bad hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a bad hand ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position > in straits waterOE straitly steadc1400 need-stead?c1450 at the worst hand1490 in suds1575 lock1598 at a bad hand1640 in a wood1659 in bad bread1743 up a stump1829 in a tight (also awkward, bad, etc.) spot1851 up shit creek1868 in the cart1889 in the soup1889 out on a limb1897 in a spot1929 up the creek1941 consommé1957 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > in a bad situation at the worst hand1490 at a bad hand1640 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 352 He saw well that his folke was at the worste hande. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. H4 By Multiplication I can make two of one, in an houres warning, or bee as good as a cypher to fill vp a place at the worst hand. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes iii. 421 Paulus..at worst hand hath related it in good and true Latine. 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 136 Is the world at thus bad hand..that one must bee farre from trusting their neerest friends? 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. ix. 352 At the worst hand, this difform liberty of presenting themselves two several ways..be allow'd to those who only speak of things [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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