英语词汇“a mite's worth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. In proverbial phrases (esp. based on Biblical reference), as the type of a small or insignificant amount, as not worth a mite, not to care (also give, etc.) a mite, a mite's worth, etc. †to the (also one) mite: in full, without deduction (obsolete). Now rare (in later use chiefly Scottish).

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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 5348 (MED) Al þe men vpon mold it amende ne miȝt..half a mite.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 832 To lese his joie he sette a [v.r. not a] myte.

a1450 Castle Perseverance 247 in Macro Plays 84 (MED) Þou synne my sowle sese, I ȝeue not a myth.

c1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars 126 He ne roghte not a myte for to dye.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 198 And fra the hart be discumfyt The body is nocht worth a myt.

?c1500 Digby Plays 6 And though thei sharme and crye, I care not a myght.

1502 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) Bot quhen he had payit all to ane myit He mon be absoluit than.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. Prol. 19 In cais thai bark, I compt it neuir a myte.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 176 Bot quhen he had payit all to ane myit, He mon be absoluit than.

1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. E3 Greene will send you now his groats-worth of wit, that neuer shewed a mites-worth in his life.

?a1610 A. Montgomerie Poems (1887) 146 But love—vha culd indyt? No—nothing worth a myte.

1851 J. Baillie Dramatic & Poet. Wks. But for the crooning o' her wheel She disna care a mite.

1895 ‘H. Haliburton’ Dunbar: Poems adapted for Mod. Readers 52 Unless I mak' to this man's mind, Howe'er its bias is inclin'd, My makin', sir, 's no' worth a mite.

1904 M. E. W. Freeman Givers 28 ‘How much do you s'pose that thing cost?’ says I. Then I saw she had left the tag on. I looked. I didn't care a mite.

单词	a mite's worth
释义	> as lemmas a mite's worth b. In proverbial phrases (esp. based on Biblical reference), as the type of a small or insignificant amount, as not worth a mite, not to care (also give, etc.) a mite, a mite's worth, etc. †to the (also one) mite: in full, without deduction (obsolete). Now rare (in later use chiefly Scottish). ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 5348 (MED) Al þe men vpon mold it amende ne miȝt..half a mite. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iii. 832 To lese his joie he sette a [v.r. not a] myte. a1450 Castle Perseverance 247 in Macro Plays 84 (MED) Þou synne my sowle sese, I ȝeue not a myth. c1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars 126 He ne roghte not a myte for to dye. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 198 And fra the hart be discumfyt The body is nocht worth a myt. ?c1500 Digby Plays 6 And though thei sharme and crye, I care not a myght. 1502 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) Bot quhen he had payit all to ane myit He mon be absoluit than. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. Prol. 19 In cais thai bark, I compt it neuir a myte. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 176 Bot quhen he had payit all to ane myit, He mon be absoluit than. 1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. E3 Greene will send you now his groats-worth of wit, that neuer shewed a mites-worth in his life. ?a1610 A. Montgomerie Poems (1887) 146 But love—vha culd indyt? No—nothing worth a myte. 1851 J. Baillie Dramatic & Poet. Wks. But for the crooning o' her wheel She disna care a mite. 1895 ‘H. Haliburton’ Dunbar: Poems adapted for Mod. Readers 52 Unless I mak' to this man's mind, Howe'er its bias is inclin'd, My makin', sir, 's no' worth a mite. 1904 M. E. W. Freeman Givers 28 ‘How much do you s'pose that thing cost?’ says I. Then I saw she had left the tag on. I looked. I didn't care a mite. extracted from miten.² < as lemmas
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