英语词汇“jack on both sides”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Jack on both (†the) sides n. now Caribbean (a name for) a person who sides first with one party and then with an opposing one, or who professes support for opposing causes; = Jack of both sides n.

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1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 165^v (margin) Hearke my gentilmen Iackes on bothe sides to this saing.

1583 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 55 Jak on baith the sydis will neuer do gude.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 174 Some regairding nought at all bot thair awin standing and guid esteat warldlie,..played prettelie the part of Jak on bathe the sydes.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Ambidexter, a Person who uses both Hands, a Prevaricator, a Jack on both Sides.

1816 J. Fielding Rejoinder to Lett. addressed to Church & Congregation 17 He ran with the hare, and held with the hounds!—He was Jack on both sides!

1954 Times of India 21 Sept. 9/1 A statement..accusing India and Mr. Nehru of playing ‘jack on both sides’ in foreign policy.

2016 Caribbean News Now (Nexis) 29 Mar. He is trying to play jack on both sides with Bishop's followers and the unrepentant faction that executed Bishop.

单词	jack on both sides
释义	> as lemmas Jack on both (†the) sides Jack on both (†the) sides n. now Caribbean (a name for) a person who sides first with one party and then with an opposing one, or who professes support for opposing causes; = Jack of both sides n. ΚΠ 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 165^v (margin) Hearke my gentilmen Iackes on bothe sides to this saing. 1583 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 55 Jak on baith the sydis will neuer do gude. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 174 Some regairding nought at all bot thair awin standing and guid esteat warldlie,..played prettelie the part of Jak on bathe the sydes. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Ambidexter, a Person who uses both Hands, a Prevaricator, a Jack on both Sides. 1816 J. Fielding Rejoinder to Lett. addressed to Church & Congregation 17 He ran with the hare, and held with the hounds!—He was Jack on both sides! 1954 Times of India 21 Sept. 9/1 A statement..accusing India and Mr. Nehru of playing ‘jack on both sides’ in foreign policy. 2016 Caribbean News Now (Nexis) 29 Mar. He is trying to play jack on both sides with Bishop's followers and the unrepentant faction that executed Bishop. extracted from Jackn.² < as lemmas
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