| 单词 | like a mouse in a cheese |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to speak) like a mouse in a cheese b. quiet (also †mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese): very quiet. †(to speak) like a mouse in a cheese: (to speak) with a muffled voice, inaudibly (obsolete).In quot. 1856 used allusively. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent coyc1330 stone-still1338 quietc1384 softa1393 peacec1400 swownc1400 tongueless1447 clumc1485 mutec1500 whist1513 silent1542 dead1548 husht1557 whisted1557 whust1558 whust1558 whisht1570 huisht1576 quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584 fordead1593 noiseless1608 whisha1612 dumba1616 soundlessa1616 st1655 silentish1737 defta1763 sleeping1785 untoned1807 mousy1812 soughless1851 deathlike1856 whisperless1863 deathly1865 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > speak in an undertone (to speak) like a mouse in a cheese1584 to speak aside1801 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence > type of that which is silent quiet as a mouse1856 1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London sig. E.i Mute like a mouse. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. G2 Mum, mouse in cheesse, cat is neare. 1686 E. Verney 24 June in Verney Mem. (1899) IV. x. 381 Child,—I pray when you speak in the Theatre doe not speak like a mouse in a chees.., but speak out your words boldly and distinctly. 1696 P. A. Motteux Love's a Jest v. 68 Come along, I'm as still as a Mouse. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (at cited word) He speaketh like a mouse in a cheese, mussat, mussitat; occulte & depressa voce loquitur. 1798 G. Colman Heir at Law ii. ii. 28 Pardon me, if on the subject of your father's cheese, I advise you to be as mute as a mouse in one, for the future. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini ii. xii. 109 Just before, when Count Deodate gave out the Emperor's health, they were all as mum as a nibbling mouse. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. xxv. 636 If I only begin to say ‘Miss May told me—’ they are all like mice. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip III. xiii. 284 I am going to be as mum as a mouse. 1871 W. Black Daughter of Heth II. vii. 106 What for am I to talk to him, and ye sitting here as mute and as mum as a mouse? 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiv. 111 I..squatted there, hearkening, as silent as a mouse. 1960 K. Amis Take Girl like You 193 Quiet as a mouse coming in. Don't want Martha down here with a hatchet. 1990 E. Dorn Abhorrences 172 The recruits are as still as mice with an extra gene, transfixed in the glare of a robocat. < as lemmas |
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