| 单词 | the end of one's tether |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe end (†extent, length) of one's tether 4. Phrases: †within (obs.), beyond one's tether, within, beyond the limits of one's ability, position, or reasonable action; the end (†extent, length) of one's tether, the extreme limit of one's resources. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > a) restriction(s) bandc1175 conditionc1380 restrictiona1450 within one's tether?1523 confine1548 confinement1649 ball and chain1855 control1920 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit markOE measurea1375 bound1393 sizec1420 banka1425 limita1425 limitationa1475 stint1509 within one's tether?1523 confine1548 tropic?1594 scantling1597 gauge1600 mound1605 boundalsa1670 meta1838 parameter1967 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. liv As long as þu eatest within thy tedure. 1549 Latimer's 2nd Serm. bef. Edw. VI (1869) To Rdr. 51 Learne to eat within thy teather. 1627 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 276 He shall not be able to go an inch beyond his tedder. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. i. 2 To prevail with the busie Mind..to stop, when it is at the utmost Extent of its Tether. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §57 627 As to the last Order..which properly belongs to the next Reign and so beyond my Tedder. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. ii. 29 At length she got to the end of her tether, and I began. 1860–70 W. Stubbs Lect. European Hist. (1904) i. ii. 23 They had got to the length of their tether. < as lemmas |
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