| 单词 | loaves and fishes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloaves and fishes c. loaves and fishes (figurative phrase, after John vi. 26): pecuniary advantages as a motive for religious profession (or, occasionally, for display of public spirit); the emoluments of ecclesiastical office. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit as motive > religious or ecclesiastical loaves and fishes1612 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. i. iii. 205 If it were not for the loaues and fishes, the traine of Christ would bee lesse. 1799 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 300 Their seducers have wished war..for the loaves and fishes which arise out of war expenses. 1823 Ld. Byron Age of Bronze xiv. 29 ‘The loaves and fishes’, once so high, Are gone. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. x. 85 Any clergyman..whose loaves and fishes are scanty. < as lemmas |
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