| 单词 | it is an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is an ill cook that cannot lick his (or her) own fingers P1. it is an ill cook that cannot lick his (or her) own fingers and variants: a person should want to taste the food that he or she cooks; (hence) one should have pride and faith in one's own work, efforts, etc.Now usually in allusion to or influenced by Shakespeare's use in quot. 1597. ΚΠ 1509 J. Stanbridge Vulgaria sig. C.ivv He is an euyll coke that can not lycke his owne lyppes. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. xix He is an euyll cooke, that can not lycke his owne fyngers. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. ii. 6 Tis an ill Cooke cannot licke his owne fingers. View more context for this quotation 1839 Northern Liberator 3 Aug. 4/4 Stop it with your thumb; it is a poor cook that cannot lick her own fingers. 1949 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Oct. 647 (advt.) We may perhaps be pardoned..if it is with a certain..pride that we now look back across the two hundred and twenty-five years of Longman's publishing, for he is a sorry cook that may not lick his own finger. 2005 K. Heitzmann Unforgotten xxxv. 601 Star plunked a plate down for Mom, then sucked her finger. ‘'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick her own fingers.’ ‘An ill cook in..deed.’ Antonia smiled. < as lemmas |
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