| 单词 | not to pass a fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to pass a fly (also fig, pin, point, straw, whit, etc.) d. transitive. In negative constructions with a strengthening word or phrase as object, as to pass nothing at all, not to pass a fly (also fig, pin, point, straw, whit, etc.): to care very little or not at all. Cf. care v. 4a(b). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > be inattentive [verb (intransitive)] > be unconcerned not to pass a fly (also fig, pin, point, straw, whit, etc.)?1548 matter1678 to know little (or nothing) and care less1783 ?1548 L. Shepherd Doctour Doubble Ale l. 321 I..wyll not ceasse To drinke a pot the lesse Of ale that is bygge Nor passe not a fygge for all their malice. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. sig. y4v Pitiful povertie praieth for a peny, but puffed presumpcion, passeth not a poynct. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 132 They passe not a pynne of the Magistrates. 1573 G. Harvey Let. 26 Apr. in Let.-bk. (1884) 27 He..said he passid not ani thing at al of althere displeasure. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 54/2 We passe not a flie for it. 1615 J. Day Festivals 63 Nor doe we passe a whit what Iew, or Gentile, can say against it. a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) III-IV. xxxiv. 68 Yet Man, (whose folly is but oversway'd In fate) keeps tennant; passing not a Pin, His Ruine Imminent. < as lemmas |
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