| 单词 | at the worst hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the worst hand ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position > in straits waterOE straitly steadc1400 need-stead?c1450 at the worst hand1490 in suds1575 lock1598 at a bad hand1640 in a wood1659 in bad bread1743 up a stump1829 in a tight (also awkward, bad, etc.) spot1851 up shit creek1868 in the cart1889 in the soup1889 out on a limb1897 in a spot1929 up the creek1941 consommé1957 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > circumstance [phrase] > in a bad situation at the worst hand1490 at a bad hand1640 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 352 He saw well that his folke was at the worste hande. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. H4 By Multiplication I can make two of one, in an houres warning, or bee as good as a cypher to fill vp a place at the worst hand. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes iii. 421 Paulus..at worst hand hath related it in good and true Latine. 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 136 Is the world at thus bad hand..that one must bee farre from trusting their neerest friends? 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. ix. 352 At the worst hand, this difform liberty of presenting themselves two several ways..be allow'd to those who only speak of things [etc.]. at (the) worst hand (a) In a position of defeat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > [adverb] at worst hand1490 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at least > on the lowest estimate at worst hand1490 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adverb] > at highest price at worst hand1490 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 352 He saw well that his folke was at the worste hande [Fr. du pire], soo made he to sowne the retrete. (b) On the lowest estimate; at the worst valuation or interpretation; at least. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia i. in Compl. Wks. (1926) IV. 48 For, in deede, assoone as hee sawe ye Beare coming towardes them,..hee ran headlonge into this Bussh, with full resolution, yt at the worst hand hee woulde not see his owne deathe. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. H4 I am not so farre out of my Arithmetick, but that by Multiplication I can make two of one, in an houres warning, or bee as good as a cypher to fill vp a place at the worst hand. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 421 More ignorant barbarisme here, than in Paulus, who at worst hand hath related it in good and true Latine. 1699 tr. Terence Brothers iv. in Terence's Comedies Made Eng. 210 All that are a little down in the world are very suspicious; take every thing at the worst hand, and fancy themselves slighted, cause of their Misfortunes. 1744 W. Notcutt Dying Pastor's Legacy to his People 62 These take every thing at the worst hand. (c) Most dearly or unprofitably (cf. hand n. 25b). Obsolete. ΚΠ a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 191 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) They were driven at the worst hand to sell unto the mercilesse Merchants, their Cowes, Hackneyes [etc.]. 1767 N. Forster Enq. Causes Present High Price of Provisions ii. 142 They cannot buy their wheat..of the farmer, but are obliged to buy their flour at the worst hand, meaning of the miller. 1802 Monthly Mag. May 342/2 They [sc. pigeons] will more than pay their way in these dear times of corn, and that purchased at worst hand, and the dung given away. 1839 Manch. Times 5 Oct. Everything is bought at the worst hand. < as lemmas |
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