| 单词 | a straw for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa straw for ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > contempt or disesteem [phrase] > expressions of contempt a straw forc1374 to blow the buck's hornc1405 to go whistle1453 fig's enda1616 to do the other thing1628 indeed1834 (in a) pig's eye (also ear, arse)1847 drop dead1934 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 362 A strawe for alle swevenes signifiaunce! c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 622 But straw vnto hir reed! wolde I [etc.]. c1460 Play Sacram. 205 Yea yea master a strawe for talis that manot sale. ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bijv Naye strawe for tales thou shalte not rule vs. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 33 Stra for thys ignorant blabring imperfyte Beside thi polyte termis redemyte. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Ajv In whiche poinct, a strawe for all these cankerd philosophers, and sages, who saie [etc.]. 1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes xciv. sig. Cviv Back, quoth the wodcock: Straw for thee, quoth the dawe. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iv. ii, in Terence in Eng. 75 A straw for such as would haue us two at debate. < as lemmas |
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