| 单词 | its, his, etc weight in or of gold, silver, etc |
| 释义 | > as lemmasits, his, etc. weight in or of gold, silver, etc. 9. its, his, etc. weight in or of gold, silver, etc.: a quantity of gold, silver, etc. of the same weight. Chiefly in hyperbolical statements of value. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > very great its, his, etc. weight in or of gold, silver, etc.c1275 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15391 For nauer neoðer nalde for his æfne wiht of golde. þat þe king hit wusten þat [etc.]. a1300 Floriz & Bl. (Cambr.) 650 Ȝe habbeþ iherd of blauncheflur, Hu ihc hire boȝte..For seuesiþe of gold hire wiȝt. 14.. Guy Warw. 8122 He wold have yove for the fyndyng [of the sword] The weyght of gold and of other thyng. a1400 Sir Beues 1725 An hors he hadde of gret pris..; For him a ȝaf seluer wiȝt, Er he þat hors haue miȝt. ?a1534 H. Medwall Nature ii. sig. fiii Thou art worth the weyght of gold. 1614 J. Saris Jrnl. in Voy. Japan (1900) 204 Muske, worth the wayht in Siluer. 1634 Noble Souldier ii. i. D 2 I would not drinke that infernall draught..for the weight of the world in Diamonds. c1650 (a1500) Eger & Grime (Percy) (1933) 290 He is worth to her his waight in gold. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 68 Gold has been worth but twelve times its own weight in Silver. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 783 Add to the solution twelve times its weight of distilled water. 1854 C. Patmore Betrothal in Angel in House 130 A Tasso worth its weight in gold. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xxvi The dear old nurse..whom George Rivers would have paid with her weight in gold, for taking care of his new daughter. < as lemmas |
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