单词 | the ayes have it |
释义 | > as lemmasthe ayes have it b. Chiefly in plural. A person who votes in favour of a proposal, esp. in a parliamentary division (division n. 8). Frequently in the ayes have it: those voting in favour of a proposal are in the majority; a proposal has been voted for. Usually contrasted with no. Cf. yea n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > vote in the affirmative > those who yea1647 aye1669 content1779 1669 A. Marvell Let. 20 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 91 The House dividing upon the question the Ayes went out & wonderd why they were kept out so extraordinary a time. 1733 Daily Courant 2 Oct. The Question being propos'd..it pass'd in the Negative by two Voices only, Ayes 99, Noes 101. 1781 J. Hatsell Precedents Proc. House of Commons 121 If any person moves for the orders of the day to be read before two o'clock, and there is a division, the Ayes go forth. 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. III. 34 We have a right to suppose that Cooper, Carter, and Gregson, were among the ‘ayes’ upon this motion of the Champion's. 1882 Daily News 30 Mar. 4/7 If the Ayes have it, Mr. Marriott's hostile resolution will be rejected. 1911 C. Ilbert Parliament vi. 155 When the division bell rings he hurries to the house, and is told by his whip whether he is an ‘Aye’ or a ‘No’. 1958 L. Broad Winston Churchill ii. iii. 116 When a division is called, the ‘ayes’ and the ‘noes’ file through the pertaining lobby to be counted by tellers. 2007 P. Loeb Moving Mountains v. 86 Jack thought the nays were louder. But Tomblin declared the ayes had it. the ayes (also nays, etc.) have it (b) To gain, or have gained, a victory or advantage; to have won. Esp. in the ayes (also nays, etc.) have it, used to indicate that those who voted in the specified way have won the vote; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)] risec1175 to have the higher handa1225 to have the besta1393 bettera1400 vaila1400 to win or achieve a checka1400 surmount1400 prevaila1425 to have (also get) the better handa1470 to go away with it1489 to have the besta1500 to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542 to have ita1616 to have (also get) the laugh on one's side1672 top1718 beat1744 to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817 to have the best of1846 to go one better1856 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 186 Well go thy waies olde Lad for thou shalt ha't. View more context for this quotation 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 324 A member stood up and said, that the Noes in the former question had it. 1825 L. Hunt in New Monthly Mag. 14 72 Upon the whole, the dark browns, chestnuts, etc. have it with us. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xvii. 304 As many as are of that opinion, say Aye,—contrary, No—the Ayes have it. 1961 Hudson Rev. 14 93 All very fine and so on, but the nays have it, lies, incestuous passion, adultery, [etc.]. 1990 J. D. Barrow Theories of Everything (1991) vi. 134 Indeed, on a straight count the photons have it; for there are on the average about two billion photons of light to be found for every proton in the Universe. 2007 P. Loeb Moving Mountains v. 86 Jack thought the nays were louder. But Tomblin declared the ayes had it. < as lemmas |
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