单词 | at the, one's elbow |
释义 | > as lemmasat the, one's elbow(s) a. at the, one's elbow(s): close by, very near; in close attendance; also figurative; so from the, one's elbow: away from one's side. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > close to a person by a person's sidec1275 at the, one's elbow(s)1548 1548 Duke of Somerset Epist. Inhabitauntes Scotl. 243 Ye haue youre enemies..at your elbowe. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions vi. 47 In the elder yeares, reason at the elbow must serue the student. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 143 You are not able to spare him from your elbow. 1698 J. Vanbrugh Æsop (1730) ii. i. 230 Talk of the Devil and he's at your elbow. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. i. 38 I..found at my elbow a pretty little girl. < as lemmas |
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