| 单词 | not to be made of sugar or salt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to be made of sugar or salt f. not to be made of sugar or salt: not to be readily affected by moisture; hence, not to be disconcerted by wet weather. ΚΠ 1794 Har'st Rig lxxxi. 27 But Highlanders ne'er mind a douk, For they're na'e sawt. 1855 T. Carlyle in E. FitzGerald Lett. & Literary Remains (1889) I. 235 I persist in believing the weather will clear,..at any rate I am not made of sugar or of salt. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xv. 254 I am made neither of sugar nor salt... Do you call this rain? not to be made of sugar or salt b. Proverbial and allusive phrase to be neither sugar nor salt, not to be made of sugar or salt: not likely to be injured by a wetting; not afraid of wet weather. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > perfectly safe [phrase] > not likely to be injured by wetting sugara1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 27 Honestie coupled to beautie, is to haue Honie a sawce to Sugar . View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxvi. 251 Sugar never marred sawce. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy i Sure he's neither sugar nor salt, that he'd melt. 1855 T. Carlyle in E. FitzGerald Lett. & Literary Remains (1889) I. 235 I persist in believing the weather will clear,..at any rate I am not made of sugar or of salt. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xv. 254 I am made neither of sugar nor salt... Do you call this rain? < as lemmas |
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