| 单词 | least said soonest mended |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleast said soonest mended 2. transitive. To make amends or reparation for, atone for (a misdeed, an injury). Also intransitive: to make reparation. Now only in the proverb least said soonest mended. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)] beetc897 i-bye10.. abyelOE answer?a1300 buya1300 amendc1300 mendc1330 forbuy1340 redressa1387 answera1400 byea1400 filla1400 peasea1400 ransoma1400 to pay for——c1400 recompense?a1439 abidea1450 satisfyc1460 redeema1464 repaira1513 syth1513 reconcile1535 acquit1567 dispense1590 assoil1596 propitiate1610 expiatea1626 atone1661 retrievea1679 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2760 Þou slouȝ moraunt wiþ pride..And seþþen vrgan vnride..Mende þou most þat mis. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 532 (MED) I giue me..in his grace as gilty..to mende my misse, i make myn a-vowe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 20251 (MED) If i haf anithing mis-wroght..I wil it mend. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26223 And he þat bath [sc. church and man] þair bleith has blend, A-gains bath be-hous him mend. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 303 (MED) Pape Boniface duellid opon þis, To gyue dome..to mende boþe þer mys. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 11 Ȝif þai wyle mend þat þai do mys, To haue remyssyon. 1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. ix. sig. C Ye maie syr (quoth he) mend thre naies with one ye. 1588 A. Munday Banqvet of Daintie Conceits sig. D ivv Haste makes waste, as proofe dooth say: And little said, soone mend ye may. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. ii. 25 Come, come, you haue bin too rough,..you must returne, and mend it. View more context for this quotation 1670 Sc. Prov. in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 285 Little said, soon mendit. [Cf. 1659 J. Howell Prov. 9/1 Little said soon amended.] 1707 Duke of Marlborough Let. 4 Aug. in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) II. 857 If he gives me occasion I shall put him in mind of the English saying (litle said is soon mended), but I know he will govern himself. 1773 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 289 Our Secretary of State reminds me of a maxim of his predecessor that said is soonest mended. 1836 F. Marryat Pirate v, in Pirate & Three Cutters 46 The least said the soonest mended. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning III. iv. viii. 85 At present, ‘least said soonest mended’. 1944 Times 18 Mar. 5/4 Least said soonest mended, and we may hope that the anonymous gentleman has been forgiven accordingly. 1984 S. McCrumb Sick of Shadows xiii. 207 Elizabeth stared. Raking things up? So Alban's attitude about Eileen's death had come down to ‘least said, soonest mended.’ 2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 259 I didn't like her much, though of course I'd not wanted to say anything while they were going steady. Least said soonest mended. < as lemmas |
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