| 单词 | teeth outward |
| 释义 | > as lemmasteeth outward(s) b. from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s) (also simply from one's teeth, and elliptical. teeth outward(s)): formally or feignedly, in profession but not in reality (opposed to from the heart). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adverb] askancesc1450 hollowlya1547 from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s)1561 teeth outward(s)1561 unsincerelya1575 hollow1607 insincerely1625 fictly1677 with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek1842 phonily1936 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. ii. f. 3 That is but a laughter from the teeth forward, because inwardly the worme of conscience gnaweth them much more sharpely than al whose searyng yrons. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. G3 Manye of them like vs but from the teeth outward. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 267 They met..and from the teeth forwarde departed good friends againe. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. lxxxviii. 459 They love not [one another], or but teeth outward. 1815 J. Hogg Let. 28 Feb. in J. G. Lockhart Life Sir W. Scott (1853) viii. 348 To be friends from the teeth forwards is common enough. < as lemmas |
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