| 单词 | let-a-be for let-a-be |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslet-a-be for let-a-be Chiefly Scottish. let-a-be for let-a-be: indicating that mutual forbearance or compromise is desirable. Cf. let be for let be at let v.1 Additions, to live and let live at live v.1 Phrases 7. ΚΠ 1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 369 When a troublesome person abstains from fighting, upon finding that he is like to meet with his master, the fight is said to be ‘let a-be for let a-be, like the fight of Maws’. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. x. 227 I am for let-a-be for let-a-be, as the boys say. a1856 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey (1858) ii. xiv. 496 ‘Weel, weel, let a-be for let a-be’, he is made to say; ‘if thou doesna clutch me in thy grips, I'se no clutch thee in mine’. 1931 J. T. S. Leask Peculiar People 9 Perhaps the most common proverb in Orkney is ‘I'll let-a-be for let-a-be like the Harrayman with the crab’. < as lemmas |
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