| 单词 | a roland for an oliver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa Roland for an Oliver a Roland for an Oliver and variants: a quid pro quo, a tit for tat. Frequently in to give a Roland for an Oliver: to give as good as one gets (see to give (one) as good as he brings or one gets at give v. Phrases 4a). Cf. Oliver n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > make a return [verb (intransitive)] returna1325 a Roland for an Oliver1548 reciprocate1600 revie1604 correspond1632 to return the compliment1655 retort1783 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV 196 To haue a Rowlande for an Olyuer,..he procured an amity with Henrie, king of Castell. 1597 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1906) 12 56 Euen in their owne pryuate famylies thear is to be found a Roland (as we tearme it) for an Olyuer. 1656 W. Denton Let. 13 Nov. in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Commonwealth (1894) vi. 207 The waters run 18 inches under soyle, there's a Rowland for your Oliver. 1696 T. Southerne Oroonoko ii. i I have a Rowland for her Oliver, and so you may tell her. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 97 For though she can Write no more than a Mermaid, yet by the Help of some two-penny Scriber, she will always return him a Rowland for his Oliver. 1773 Life N. Frowde 132 We resolved to give him a Rowland for his Oliver, if he attacked us. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vi. 126 He gave my termagant kinsman a quid pro quo—a Rowland for his Oliver, as the vulgar say. 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn II. xii. 163 Comforted..by the thought that he had given Mrs. Carr a Roland for her Oliver. 1916 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 37 305 Here φρονήματα is a Roland for Antigone's Oliver. 1931 O. Lewis Origin Celebrated Jumping Frog 31–2 in B. A. Botkin Treasury Amer. Folklore (1944) iv. 498 In down east drawl he gave them Rolands for their Olivers till they left him alone. 2001 M. E. Brown W. Motherwell's Cultural Politics ii. 34 When he assailed us, we never allowed him to escape for it. We always gave him a Roland for an Oliver. < as lemmas |
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