| 单词 | nice as a nun's hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnice as a nun's hen ΚΠ c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 237 (MED) Þou ne art nycier þan a nunne nyne-folde tyme. a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 268 (MED) Some be nyse as a nonne hene. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 117v I knewe a Priest that was as nice as a Nonnes Henne. 1562 J. Heywood Of Mine Acquayntance Certaine Yong Man ii. i, in Wks. She tooke thenterteinment of the yong men All in daliaunce, as nice as a nuns hen. 1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession sig. R.ijv More nice then wise. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. ii. 3 Suppose..the other more nice than wise should reply, Nay, it may possibly be otherwise. 1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 415 A sort of People of the Reformed Religion, whose pretences were more Nice, than Wise. 1719 R. Pack Misc. in Verse & Prose 73 Some travell'd Fop, more nice than wise, Shall wholesome Luxury despise. 1782 W. Cowper Mutual Forbearance in Poems 20 Some people are more nice than wise. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xiv. 254 It ought only to be applied to you, without any commendation at all. You are more nice than wise. View more context for this quotation 1859 J. C. Swayze Ossawattomie Brown iii. iii. 21 I think you're a great heap more nice than wise. You aint too good lookin', nuther. 1873 C. B. Hartley Gentlemen's Bk. Etiquette 65 There is, we know, such a thing as being ‘too nice’—‘more nice than wise.’ It is quite possible to be fastidious. < as lemmas |
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