| 单词 | the bird in one's bosom |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe bird in one's (also the) bosom ΘΚΠ society > morality > [noun] > moral sense > conscience hearta1225 conscience?c1225 inwitc1230 pursec1275 the bird in one's (also the) bosom1548 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [noun] > inward or hidden thoughts, etc. the bird in one's (also the) bosom1548 bosom1600 underthought1602 recess1605 arrière-pensée1617 sanctuary1642 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcv Saiyng, when he was diyng: I haue saued the birde in my bosome: meanyng that he had kept, both his promise and othe. a1677 T. Manton Sermons (1701) V. ii. 766 Conscience is the best Friend, and the worst Enemy... No bird sings so sweetly as the Bird in the bosom. 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. viii. 173 Thou hast kept well..the bird in thy bosom. 1933 Jrnl. Eng. Folk Dance & Song Soc. 1 110 The now scarce music-books of a race of singers finding, in spite of the limitation of their province, an outlet for the ‘bird in the bosom’ in religious songs of a primitive unlettered type, fitted to their own ‘native woodnotes wild’. < as lemmas |
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