英语词汇“like the devil looking over lincoln”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†g. like (also as) the devil looking (also looks) over Lincoln and variants: with a sinister look, malevolently; enviously. Obsolete. [The origin of this proverbial use is uncertain and debated. It is variously said to allude to one of two grotesque stone carvings on the exterior or interior of Lincoln Cathedral (compare Lincoln imp n. at Lincoln n.¹ 1a(c)), to a similar carving at Lincoln College in the University of Oxford, or to a story in which the Devil is said to have looked jealously upon the extreme height of the former steeple on the tower of Lincoln Cathedral.]

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv Than wold ye loke ouer me, with stomake swolne, Lyke as the deuill lookt ouer Lyncolne.

1571 A. Golding in tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. 9 As we say proverbyally in English, to looke uppon one as the divile looketh over Lincoln.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lincs. 153 He looks as the Devil over Lincoln.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 86 She look'd at me, as the Devil look'd over Lincoln.

1769 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley New Observ. Italy I. 229 Now and then he cast a look at me, con l'occhio dele canone, as the devil looks over Lincoln, and his inauspicious looks sufficiently prognosticated his decision.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. i. 25 Here be a set of good fellows willing to be merry; do not scowl on them like the devil looking over Lincoln.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. x. 242 When I offer you gold for the winning, you look on me as the devil looks over Lincoln.

1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow iv. 103 Her cousin..walking with his head over her shoulder, a little bit behind her, like the Devil looking over Lincoln, as Brangwen noted angrily and yet with satisfaction.

单词	like the devil looking over lincoln
释义	> as lemmas like (also as) the devil looking (also looks) over Lincoln †g. like (also as) the devil looking (also looks) over Lincoln and variants: with a sinister look, malevolently; enviously. Obsolete. [The origin of this proverbial use is uncertain and debated. It is variously said to allude to one of two grotesque stone carvings on the exterior or interior of Lincoln Cathedral (compare Lincoln imp n. at Lincoln n.¹ 1a(c)), to a similar carving at Lincoln College in the University of Oxford, or to a story in which the Devil is said to have looked jealously upon the extreme height of the former steeple on the tower of Lincoln Cathedral.] ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv Than wold ye loke ouer me, with stomake swolne, Lyke as the deuill lookt ouer Lyncolne. 1571 A. Golding in tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. 9 As we say proverbyally in English, to looke uppon one as the divile looketh over Lincoln. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lincs. 153 He looks as the Devil over Lincoln. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 86 She look'd at me, as the Devil look'd over Lincoln. 1769 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley New Observ. Italy I. 229 Now and then he cast a look at me, con l'occhio dele canone, as the devil looks over Lincoln, and his inauspicious looks sufficiently prognosticated his decision. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. i. 25 Here be a set of good fellows willing to be merry; do not scowl on them like the devil looking over Lincoln. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. x. 242 When I offer you gold for the winning, you look on me as the devil looks over Lincoln. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow iv. 103 Her cousin..walking with his head over her shoulder, a little bit behind her, like the Devil looking over Lincoln, as Brangwen noted angrily and yet with satisfaction. extracted from deviln. < as lemmas
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