| 单词 | the weeds overgrow the corn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe weeds overgrow the corn a. †the weeds overgrow the corn and variants. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1057 I se þe wede waxe ouer þe corn, Allas, allas, þat i was boren. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 31 (MED) Senne greueþ in þe..Þat [read Ase] wed schel growen ouer þe corn, Wyþ-oute medicyne Of sorȝe. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 306 To se suche a lad to macche you as the wede growyth over the corne. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Civv Ill weed growth fast..wherby the corne is lorne. For surely the weed ouergroweth the corne. c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 82 As the vyde increscis vith the corn so thow perturb the cheifest. 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. iv. sig. E3 The weeds outgrow the herbs, the tares the corne. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 319 The Weeds o'er grow the Corn, the bad are the most numerous. < as lemmas |
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