| 单词 | play or jest with edge tools |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplay or jest with edge tools 2. figurative and in proverbial use. esp. in phrase play or jest with edge tools. ΚΠ 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 40 Some say that it is not good iesting with edge tooles. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) v. 71 If you moove the Dukes patience, tis an edge toole. 1767 J. Wesley Jrnl. 4 May They find it is playing with edged tools. 1798 W. Hutton Life 27 The man who plays with edge-tools, may, by chance, cut his fingers. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. v. 82 I begin to think..I have been rather jesting with edge-tools. 1866 Mill in Edinb. Rev. 123 337 He came to think that the Sokratic cross-examination is a dangerous edge-tool. < as lemmas |
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