英语词汇“between the beetle and the block”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Phrase. between the beetle and the block.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position

between the beetle and the block1590

between two fires1885

(crushed, etc.) between the upper and the nether millstones1902

between a rock and a hard place1921

in the middle1930

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII xii. §18 The serieant..shal bring to the said place of execucion a blocke with a betill, a staple, and cordes to binde the saide hande.]

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B Thou must come to knokham faire, and what betweene the block & the beetle, be thumpd like a stockfish.

1613 J. Hayward Liues III. Normans 274 Earle William being thus set, as it were, betweene the beetle and the blocke, was nothing deiected.

b. In many phrases, which see under the substantives concerned: e.g. †between the beetle and the block; between the cup and the lip; between the devil and the Dead (or deep) Sea. between wind and water: along the line where anything is submerged in water or in damp soil, esp. on the load-line of a ship, which, as the vessel tosses, is alternately above and below the water's surface.

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1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 129 Many things fall betweene the cup and the lip.

1613 J. Hayward Liues III. Normans 274 Earle William being thus set as it were betweene the beetle and the block—was nothing deiected.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiii. 60 Wee are shot thorow and thorow, and betweene wind and water.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 22 Nothing shall come betweene cup and lip to defeat thee.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 637 Having received a shot between wind and water, [she was] forced to lye by to stop her leake.

1887 N.E.D. at Between Mod. An oaken gate-post always decays between wind and water.

单词	between the beetle and the block
释义	> as lemmas between the beetle and the block c. Phrase. between the beetle and the block. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position between the beetle and the block1590 between two fires1885 (crushed, etc.) between the upper and the nether millstones1902 between a rock and a hard place1921 in the middle1930 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII xii. §18 The serieant..shal bring to the said place of execucion a blocke with a betill, a staple, and cordes to binde the saide hande.] 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B Thou must come to knokham faire, and what betweene the block & the beetle, be thumpd like a stockfish. 1613 J. Hayward Liues III. Normans 274 Earle William being thus set, as it were, betweene the beetle and the blocke, was nothing deiected. extracted from beetlen.¹ between the beetle and the block b. In many phrases, which see under the substantives concerned: e.g. †between the beetle and the block; between the cup and the lip; between the devil and the Dead (or deep) Sea. between wind and water: along the line where anything is submerged in water or in damp soil, esp. on the load-line of a ship, which, as the vessel tosses, is alternately above and below the water's surface. ΚΠ 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 129 Many things fall betweene the cup and the lip. 1613 J. Hayward Liues III. Normans 274 Earle William being thus set as it were betweene the beetle and the block—was nothing deiected. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiii. 60 Wee are shot thorow and thorow, and betweene wind and water. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 22 Nothing shall come betweene cup and lip to defeat thee. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 637 Having received a shot between wind and water, [she was] forced to lye by to stop her leake. 1887 N.E.D. at Between Mod. An oaken gate-post always decays between wind and water. extracted from betweenprep.adv.n. < as lemmas
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