| 单词 | paved with gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaved with (also †of) gold c. paved with (also †of) gold (literal and figurative, of a city, its streets, etc.).In later use frequently in contexts suggesting credulity on the part of a person who believed in the ready availability of wealth in a given city, as in the old English fairy tale of Dick Whittington. ΚΠ a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 331 Ffor al the weyes & paament Wer ypavyd all off gold. 1582 R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise i. x. 154 The streetes of the citie were paued with golde, interlayed also with pearls and pretiouse stones. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 219 It [sc. the city] was builded of Pearls and precious Stones, also the Street thereof was paved with Gold . View more context for this quotation 1750 P. Shaw Reflector iv. vii. 351 Some Christians consider..Heaven as a City paved with Gold, or precious Stones. 1798 G. Colman Heir at Law i. ii. 17 Oh, London is a fine town..where all the streets are paved with gold, and all the maidens pretty. 1851 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 12 May 1/3 He has become a resident..in that city, whose very streets are paved with gold. 1899 E. H. Hickey Michael Villiers 139 I..had oftentimes been told How the streets of London Town they are surely paved with gold; I should bask in Fortune's smile. 1946 I. Gershwin Land of Opportunitee in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 346/3 They had been told That in ev'ry citee of the U.S.A. The streets were paved with gold. 1992 D. Lessing Afr. Laughter 43 He stared at me, unhappy, because he wanted to live in London where the streets are paved with gold. < as lemmas |
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