单词 | love me, love my dog |
释义 | > as lemmaslove me, love my dog b. love me, love my dog and variants: used proverbially to state that love or respect for a person extends to everything that person loves or represents; ‘take me as you find me’, ‘accept me as I am’; also in extended use.Sometimes used with literal reference to a dog. [After post-classical Latin qui me amat, amat et canem meum (see quot. a1153), or Middle French qui mayme il ayme mon chien (14th cent.; compare also quot. 1583): a1153 St. Bernard Sermones: in Festo Sancti Michaelis 1. 3 Dicitur certe vulgari quodam proverbio: qui me amat, amat et canem meum. ΚΠ a1475 Friar & Boy (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 62 In olde termys it is fownd He that lovythe me lovythe my hound. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiiii v Loue me, loue my dog. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Pii It is a..saying amongst all men, borowed from ye french: Qui aime Iean, aime son chien, loue me, loue my dog. 1636 Bk. of Bulls i. 98 One making love to a countrey woman, having first kickt her sow, she told him the Proverbe condemn'd him, love me, love my dog. 1769 Batchelor II. 69 For, love me, love my dog; love freedom, and you must love the Free-Press. 1864 A. Trollope Can you Forgive Her? II. iii. 23 I shall [count you as my enemy],—certainly, if you attack Alice. Love me, love my dog. 1947 F. Utley Last Chance China iii. 72 ‘Love me, love my dog.’ General Hurley's mistake in thinking that he could be lacking in affection for the Chinese Communists without incurring the violent opposition of their masters was immediately apparent. 2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 20 Nov. (FT Rep. section) 5 The..contract..was..a strategic imperative, despite the challenges... ‘It was a bit like love me, love my dog.’ < as lemmas |
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