单词 | safe and sure |
释义 | > as lemmassafe and sure P4. safe and sure (also †sure and safe), †safe and sicker (also †sicker and safe (sicker adj.)), †quit and safe: unharmed, free from molestation; not liable to be harmed, secure. Also: not liable to cause harm. See also safe and sound at Phrases 1, safe and soon at Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] safec1325 unharmed1340 safe and soona1393 sicker and safea1398 halea1400 lotlessa1400 harmless1418 unsunkc1586 hunk1856 hunky1861 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xiv. iii. 697 Whan þe wylde bestes ben yhuntid with hunters in þe valeye, þey flee to þe monteins and ben þer syker and sauf. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 18201 (MED) Off no-thing were thei a-dredde; Thei wende thei hadde ben saue & sure. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 440 Saaf, and sekyr, salvus. a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 88 Other thyng more of the saide cite ther to be kept stronge saf and sure. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 29 I shall lete you goo quyte & sauf. ?c1500 J. Blount tr. N. Upton Essent. Portions De Studio Militari (1931) 23 We geve & graunte by these present letters to gyles of vytrey knyght free lycence, salue & sure condute, [etc.]. 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 125 There may Leander make a safe and sicker stay. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum 380 The Eagle dwelleth sure and safe in most high places. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum 791 One of them [sc. the young scorpions] leapeth on the thigh of the Scorpionesse, and sitteth there safe & sure from the stinging of the taile. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. viii. 58 And his sonnes bound very safe and sure. 1715 C. Bullock Slip iii All's sure and safe, on with your Vizzard, Sir. 1878 Mrs. H. Wood in Argosy 24 201 We are all safe and sure, Caromel; not a hint shall escape us. 1960 Daily Mirror 21 June 11 Used by doctors, Larson's is safe and sure. Contains no drugs. < as lemmas |
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