| 单词 | sound and safe |
| 释义 | > as lemmassound and safe Phrases P1. safe and sound (also occasionally †sound and safe). a. Unharmed, unhurt. Cf. sense 3a. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2816 (MED) Þei were gretli glad..þat he sauf was & sou[n]d fro þe men a-schaped. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cii. 994 Dede bodies ben ykepte saue and sounde whanne þey ben ybawmed wiþ confecciouns of mirra. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7867 (MED) Sauf and sond ai mot þou be To all þe folk es vnder þe. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 17 And soo he ȝede sonde and saf hys way. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ix. 42 b [He] was by a Dolphin brought safe and sound to the porte. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 635 Gobanivm,..keeping the ancient name, as it were, safe and sound is tearmed Aber-Gevenny. 1703 M. Martin Descr. W. Islands Scotl. 79 It is lawful for any of the Inhabitants to steal his Neighbours Horse the Night before the race,..provided he deliver him safe and sound to the Owner after the race. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. l. 327 He would again replace him ‘safe and sound’ in the fortification. 1890 tr. C. Letourneau Biology ii. xii. 182 The actinia devoured by a larger individual..is often revomited safe and sound. 1937 L. Jones Cwmardy vi. 85 There be no man or devil..can shift me from by here until I see my James safe and sound. 2000 ‘L. Child’ Running Blind xiv. 160 As far as Reacher knew, you were still right here in town... He doesn't know you're safe and sound in London. b. In good health, well. Cf. sense 2. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 868 (MED) He was al sauf & sound of alle his sor greues. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8170 ‘Thoru þe,’ he said, ‘sal þis mesele, Be sauf and sund of al vn-hele.’ 1837 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 674/1 I will neither eat nor drink till I hear what the doctor will say about her... May Jasus guard her, and spare her safe and sound to us. 1911 W. C. Gorgas in R. L. Owen Yellow Fever v. 241 If a man exposed to yellow fever..passed through six days safe and sound he was known to have escaped that particular exposure. 2002 Vegetarian Times Nov. 45 (heading) Safe and Sound. Avoid the risks of HRT with these natural alternatives. c. colloquial. With be, arrive, etc.: with the weakened sense ‘duly arrived’. Cf. Phrases 8. ΚΠ 1848 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 460/2 He caught the up-train, he arrived safe and sound in town. 1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) ii. 25 I was safe and sound in the Brevoort coach. 1887 Cent. Mag. Dec. 197/2 I promised to bring you both to lunch, safe and sound. 1913 N. Munro in Evening News (Glasgow) 3 Mar. 2/5 ‘Never mind aboot that the noo,’ said Erchie; ‘the aerial squadron from Farnborough for Montrose..landed safe and sound on Thursday last.’ 1998 P. Theroux tr. I. Ali Dongola iii. iii. 98 The train is gone... He'll arrive safe and sound tomorrow. P2. with (a) safe conscience [after classical Latin salvā conscientiā] : with a clear conscience. Cf. sense 4. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 917 I mai wel with sauf conscience Excuse me of necgligence Towardes love in alle wise. 1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Di The which treasure, if it be not sufficiente, he maye lawfullye and wyth a salue consience, take taxis of hys subiectes. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. viv To reuoke his sentence already taught and defended, he can not with a safe conscience [L. cum bona conscientia]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 13 A Trade Sir, that I hope I may vse, with a safe Conscience . View more context for this quotation 1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 73 So as long as it was not a Bible-Oath, we may break it with a safe Conscience. 1767 C. Smart tr. Horace Odes ii. iv, in tr. Horace Wks. (new ed.) I. 155 Her face, her limbs so form'd t'engage, I praise with a safe conscience still. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. xiii. 231 Now we may all go to-morrow with a safe conscience . View more context for this quotation 1865 Dublin Rev. Jan. 61 Gregory XVI., as is well known, answered a formal inquiry by saying that Catholics might, with a perfectly safe conscience, assent to the Belgian constitution. 1918 J. C. Davies Baronial Opposition to Edward II i. xii. 290 A conference was held..as to whether the lords could with safe conscience retain the lands of the Templars. 1985 Times 26 Feb. 14/6 I can say with a safe conscience that..there will be no matching broadcasting services here, there, or anywhere, at 18p a day. 2005 Sun (Nexis) 7 July You can go abroad with a safe conscience. P3. safe and soon (also soon and safe): unharmed and with little delay. Cf. sense 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] safec1325 unharmed1340 safe and soona1393 sicker and safea1398 halea1400 lotlessa1400 harmless1418 unsunkc1586 hunk1856 hunky1861 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 2188 (MED) So that thei mihten sauf and sone The water passe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 48 And soone, and safe, [she] arriued where I was. View more context for this quotation 1839 Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 476/1 Soon and safe may you return, for the prayer of the fatherless and widow will be along wid yees. 1867 Leisure Hour 1 Oct. 626/2 You must leave your house and land..and go far away among the cold uncivil strangers. But you will come back safe and soon. 1917 S. Calif. Practitioner Oct. 161/2 The war is..taking away many of our best physicians, surgeons, and specialists. May they all return soon and safe. 2005 in C. H. Cash Table in Presence viii. 164 I hope you all get back safe and soon. The whole country..depends on you our soldiers. 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. P5. Proverb. safe bind (and) safe find: a possession always left secure will always be found safe. Cf. sense 11. Now rare. ΚΠ 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 32 Drye Sunne or drye wynde..Safe binde and safe finde. 1718 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 293 Safe bind, Says the old Proverb, and Safe find. 1775 Adventures of Corkscrew ii. 24 I have seen enough of the world to know the signfication of the words, Safe bind, safe find. 1841 Roberts' Semi-monthly Mag. 1 Sept. 635/1 I do not know that I might not steal them myself, if they were not my own. Safe bind safe find, Master Morin... I never leave any one in my shop when I am out of it. 1938 H. F. M. Prescott Dead & not Buried x. 110 One of those who believe that they who safe bind, safe find. One lock, two bolts and a chain had to be dealt with. 1953 J. Coulson tr. F. Dostoevsky Crime & Punishm. ii. iv. 130 It will be better if I keep the things: safe bind, safe find; and if something happens,..I can hand them in. 2005 A. Jaimoukha Chechens xvi. 243 Safe bind, safe find. Caution is the parent of safety. P6. Similative phrases. a. (as) safe as ——: in complete security or concealment (by comparison to various things considered very safe). ΚΠ 1582 S. Gosson Playes Confuted Ep. Ded. sig. A I when I sleepe shall be as safe, as the childe in his cradle. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 47 As safe as a mouse in a malt-heape. 1786 G. M. A. Baretti Tolondron 222 So far, le Baron de Tolondrognac is as safe, as an escargot in his winter-shell. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Queen of Love 280 ‘I feared all was gone.’ ‘It is safe as the Bank of England.’ 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 26 Oct. (1993) III. 48 You simply must not worry about me. I am as safe as a rock. 2009 J. Kernan Dream Stalker 246 Sebastian smiled, a rueful, cocky smile that made Michaela feel safe as a baby lion between its mother's paws. b. (as) safe as a bug in a rug: secure from harm; cf. snug as a bug in a rug (snug adj.1 2b). ΚΠ a1815 W. Hutton Life & Hist. Family (1816) 137 The doctor..said, ‘You are as safe as a bug in a rug’. 1878 E. B. Tuttle Border Tales vi. 134 ‘Heavenly Father! are we safe?’ ‘Safe as a bug in a rug,’ said Bond. 1906 W. Woods Billy the Kid in America's Lost Plays (1940) VIII. iv. 245 No one ever comes this way and ye would be as safe as a bug in a rug as long as ye wanted to remain. 1928 H. Lauder Roamin' in Gloamin' xvii. 206 If yer name's on a shell or a bullet you'll get it an' if it's no yer as safe as a bug in a rug! 2006 C. Adair Edge of Fear xv. 141 If she and her father hadn't had a falling-out, she'd be safe as a bug in a rug..in his hideaway in Matera right now. c. (as) safe as houses: see house n.1 and int. Phrases 1i. P7. to see someone safe: to look after a person, to protect the interests of a person; (also of a thing) to be beneficial to one or ensure one's success.Cf. to see someone all right at all right adv., adj., int., and n. Phrases 2, to see someone right at right adj. and int. Phrases 7c. ΚΠ 1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres iii. 169 Diuers of the Captaynes promised him, that if he woulde come to them, they woulde see hym safe [Gk. φυλάξειν]. 1633 W. Rowley All's Lost by Lust i. sig. B1v That shall be our care noble Iulianus, to see her safe, We love Iacinta more then you must know. 1664 Ungrateful Favourite v. ii. 77 Captain, to your care I do commit Maligno: see him safe, as you'll answer't. 1859 Let. 14 Apr. in S. F. Tower In Memoriam: Scilly & its Emperor (1873) 43 I have a certain phalanx of friends who will see me safe if possible. 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae xii. 328 I will see you safe, if you be innocent. 1934 G. C. Faber Publisher Speaking (1935) i. 28 There are occasions when it is reasonable for a bookseller to ask that the publisher shall ‘see him safe’. 1962 M. Bonham-Carter in M. Asquith Autobiogr. Introd. p. xviii Acting on the assumption that his partners would see him safe.., he made out a cheque for £100,000 in his own name. 1992 Guardian 7 Apr. 20/1 The service industries, the banks and the Barlow Clowes, the pizza parlours and the estate agencies would see us safe. 2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 8 Apr. (Sport section) 6 Willett arrived on the 18th thinking a birdie would definitely see him safe, but he blasted it into the trees. P8. to be, arrive (etc.) safe, also safe and sound (see Phrases 1): to be duly arrived, to be at one's destination, etc. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 50 The banisht Bullingbrooke..with vplifted armes is safe ariude at Rauenspurgh. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. xi. 2 Mal. I would the Friends we misse, were safe arriu'd. Sey. Some must go off. View more context for this quotation 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1245 They are safe arrived into each others Arms, never, never to be parted more. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 9 Sept. (1948) I. 11 I send this only to tell I am safe in London. 1781 in R. Putnam Mem. (1903) 184 Your favor of the 25, with the cow-thieves, arrived safe. 1847 C. Bronté Let. in Hours at Home (1870) Aug. 299/2 I am truly glad you are safe at home. Was not—delighted to see you? 1869 A. Hoggard Let. 30 Dec. in Afr. Repository (1870) May 158 I have arrived safe in Liberia, with all the emigrants in good health, except two of them. 1908 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 605/1 Here I am safe in Flanders. P9. to play safe: see to play safe at play v. 17a(d). ΚΠ a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 96 He hath letters of safe come, safe goe, and safe staye for five dayes. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [verb (intransitive)] > of letter: reach destination > safely (to come) to safe hand1645 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xiv. 25 Yours of the third of August, came to safe hand in an inclos'd from my Brother. 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. xviii. 30 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Your last of the fourth current came to safe hand. P12. in (also into) safe hands: see hand n. Phrases 1f(e)(ii). P13. on the safe side: with a margin of security to avoid error or danger. Now chiefly in to be on the safe side. Cf. sense 9a, and on the sure side at sure adj., adv., and int. Phrases 5c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > with caution [phrase] > on the safe side, etc. for (also occasionally to) (the more) sureness1419 on the safe side1719 safety first1843 better (to be) safe than sorry1874 1687 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times sig. a 4 I have some Right, Methinks,..to speak a Word or Two on the Safe Side of the Question.] 1719 J. Leng Nat. Obligations x. 317 I cannot see how we could reasonably advise a wise man to act otherwise than on the safe side. 1788 S. Low Politician Out-witted iv. iii. 51 It is a laudable imperfection, if I may be allowed the phrase;—it is erring on the safe side, for women's affairs are delicate things to meddle with, ladies. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. iv. 78 Determining to be on the safe side, he made his apology in form as soon as he could say anything. View more context for this quotation 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xi. 207 Be on the safe side, and do not trust him too far. 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 84 They should rather err on the safe side. 1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 307 For the sake of being on the safe side, I have taken the lowest value. 1921 R. W. Chapman Engin. & University 5 If in many cases the design was neither the best possible nor the most economical, the engineers at least generally erred on the safe side. 1994 Harrowsmith Country Life Dec. 52/2 To be on the safe side, wrap duct tape around the joint where the pipe meets the thimble. 2006 S. Harrigan Challenger Park xxxii. 310 There had been some damage to one of the engines of the shuttle. Just to be on the safe side, it had come home early. P14. Chiefly Irish English. safe home: (as a farewell) ‘safe journey’, ‘get home safely’. [After various Irish expressions of farewell using the word slán (adjective) healthy, whole, safe, (noun) health, safety (see slauntiagh n.) and a reference to going home, in later use especially in the combination slán abhaile ( < slán + abhaile homewards), originally in longer phrases such as go dtuga Dia slán abhaile thú ‘may God lead you home safely’ (compare a similar construction in quot. 1824). Compare also Irish slán leat, lit. ‘safety with you’, slán agat, lit. ‘safety at you’, and slán, all used in the sense ‘farewell’.] ΚΠ 1732 C. O'Begly Eng. Irish Dict. 592/1 I wish you safe home, go srojġṫe tú slán ċum dáruis [‘may you get safely to your home’]. 1824 T. C. Croker Researches S. Ireland xii. 223 If the traveller has to apprehend danger on his route, the expressions are more energetic, as ‘Safe home to you by the help of God’. 1847 Dolman's Mag. Nov. 280 A civil ‘safe home, sir’, and a touch of the hat to myself, was sufficient evidence of good will and national courtesy. 1907 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 45/1 Wade followed him to the edge of the clearing with his first sense of loneliness tugging within him. ‘Safe home to you, Mr. Ide,’ he said. 2000 M. Fletcher Silver Linings (2001) ix. 244 ‘I'll not hold yer back,’ he told me as I made to go. ‘Right yer be. Safe home.’ P15. Proverb. better (to be) safe than sorry: it is preferable to be cautious rather than to suffer the results of carelessness. Cf. earlier better (to be) sure than sorry at sure adj., adv., and int. Phrases 10. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adjective] warelyOE warec1000 adviseda1325 averty1330 aware1340 ferdfula1382 well-advisedc1405 circumspect1430 hooly1513 fearful1526 curiousa1533 chary1542 wareful1548 cautelous1574 cauty1579 careful1580 wary1580 retentive1599 wary1599 ginger1600 circumstant1603 cautel1606 shya1616 cautionate1616 warisome1628 cautiousa1640 circumspectious1649 circumspectivea1674 gingerish1764 safe1874 pussy-footed1893 pussyfooting1926 risk-averse1961 risk-adverse1969 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > with caution [phrase] > on the safe side, etc. for (also occasionally to) (the more) sureness1419 on the safe side1719 safety first1843 better (to be) safe than sorry1874 1874 Parl. Deb. Victoria (Austral.) 16 July 683/2 As it is better to be safe than sorry, I think we ought to have the heavier rails. 1933 Radio Times 14 Apr. 125/1 Cheap distempers very soon crack or fade. Better be safe than sorry. Ask for Hall's. 1958 W. Armstrong True Bk. Lighthouses & Lightships xiii. 131 ‘Better be safe than sorry’ was always the unspoken motto of lighthouse and lightship men. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vii. 120 For tapes that are to be broadcast it is better to be safe than sorry. 1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek vii. 128 It's not that I want to shut you in...But—well, it's better to be safe than sorry. 2009 M. Krepon Better Safe than Sorry iii. 59 It would have been far better to stop the flight testing... Once again, it was better to be safe than sorry. < as lemmas |
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