英语词汇“like licking honey off a thorn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. Proverb. to lick honey from a thorn and variants: to experience suffering or unpleasantness in the course of doing, or in order to do, something desirable. Also like licking honey off a thorn; it is dear bought honey that is licked off a thorn, etc.

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c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 95 Ha lickið honi [a1250 Titus huni] of þornes; he buggeð al þet swete wið twa dale of bittre.

a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 185 Nis nan blisse soþes inan þing þet is utewið þet ne beo to bitter aboht; þet et huni þer in beoþ liked of þornes.

?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) xxii, in Anglia (1881) 4 195 (MED) Al to dere is bouht honi, þat mon shal liken of þornes.

c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 50 (MED) Hit is harde to lykke hony fro the thorne.

a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) 501 It is dear bought honey that is lickt off a thorne.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xiv. lxiv. 1342 It is not good to licke your honey from such thornes.

1659 J. Howell Some Prov. French Toung 11/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια He comes too dear by honey, who licks it off thorns.

1714 J. Blanch Beaux Merchant 5 It sometimes proves but licking Honey from a Thorn.

1734 R. Seymour Compl. Gamester (ed. 5) iii. 86 The Games were always precarious, and betting Money that way was thought to be like licking Honey off of Thorns.

1841 Ladies' Cabinet 5 183 There's no privileges for us who do all the work, and lick honey off thorns.

1883 J. W. Kirton Cheerful Homes 134 To please an ill-tempered woman is like attempting to lick honey from a thorn.

1915 National Prov.: Holland 16 He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns.

2011 S. Cooke Single Parent's Guide Love, Dating, & Relationships ii That relationship will be like licking honey off a thorn.

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释义	> as lemmas like licking honey off a thorn P1. Proverb. to lick honey from a thorn and variants: to experience suffering or unpleasantness in the course of doing, or in order to do, something desirable. Also like licking honey off a thorn; it is dear bought honey that is licked off a thorn, etc. ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 95 Ha lickið honi [a1250 Titus huni] of þornes; he buggeð al þet swete wið twa dale of bittre. a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 185 Nis nan blisse soþes inan þing þet is utewið þet ne beo to bitter aboht; þet et huni þer in beoþ liked of þornes. ?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) xxii, in Anglia (1881) 4 195 (MED) Al to dere is bouht honi, þat mon shal liken of þornes. c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 50 (MED) Hit is harde to lykke hony fro the thorne. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) 501 It is dear bought honey that is lickt off a thorne. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xiv. lxiv. 1342 It is not good to licke your honey from such thornes. 1659 J. Howell Some Prov. French Toung 11/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια He comes too dear by honey, who licks it off thorns. 1714 J. Blanch Beaux Merchant 5 It sometimes proves but licking Honey from a Thorn. 1734 R. Seymour Compl. Gamester (ed. 5) iii. 86 The Games were always precarious, and betting Money that way was thought to be like licking Honey off of Thorns. 1841 Ladies' Cabinet 5 183 There's no privileges for us who do all the work, and lick honey off thorns. 1883 J. W. Kirton Cheerful Homes 134 To please an ill-tempered woman is like attempting to lick honey from a thorn. 1915 National Prov.: Holland 16 He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns. 2011 S. Cooke Single Parent's Guide Love, Dating, & Relationships ii That relationship will be like licking honey off a thorn. extracted from honeyn.adj. < as lemmas
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