单词 | a tale of a roasted horse |
释义 | > as lemmasa tale of a roasted horse †a tale of a roasted horse, and variants: a tedious, trite, or improbable tale. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. iv. i. sig. C.ii v Tushe tushe Instruction, your talke is of no force, You tell vs a tale of a rosted horse. 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. T.iiiiv The verse that is to easie is like a tale of a rosted horse. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 7v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Certes he that woulde winde vp his conclusion so fondly might be thought, to haue as much witte, as a rosted horse. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 644 Telling tales of a tubbe, or of a roasted horse. 1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie iii. sig. F2 Abi. Since you are angry sir, I am bold to tell you, that I am a woman, and a ribbe. Wel. Of a roasted horse. 1680 J. Phillips Dr. Oates's Narr. Vindicated vi. 28 For want of other Argument, he is dropt into such a nonsensical story of a Roasted Horse. 1718 D. Defoe Contin. Lett. Written by Turkish Spy 290 All the wonderful Pretences thou hast made to the Knowledge of hidden things, amount to no more than the Tale of a roasted Horse. 1790 A. Bicknell Painting Personified I. 25 Mrs. Griskin broke out into a respondent Yaw, yaw, yaw, which as plainly said, ‘I wish this Tale of a roasted Horse was ended.’ < as lemmas |
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