英语词汇“thumb of gold”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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thumb of gold

a. thumb of gold, a golden thumb, miller's thumb: in reference either to the alleged dishonesty of millers or to the lucrative character of their trade.

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c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 565 Wel koude he [sc. the miller] stelen corn and tollen thryes And yet he hadde a thombe of gold perdee.]

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 79 When smithes shoe horses, as they would be shod, When millers toll not with a golden thumbe.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 176 An honest miller hath a golden thumb.

1876 J. H. Ewing Jan of Windmill xxxii Was 'ee ever in a mill? 'ee seems to have a miller's thumb.

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单词	thumb of gold
释义	> as lemmas thumb of gold a. thumb of gold, a golden thumb, miller's thumb: in reference either to the alleged dishonesty of millers or to the lucrative character of their trade. ΚΠ c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 565 Wel koude he [sc. the miller] stelen corn and tollen thryes And yet he hadde a thombe of gold perdee.] 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 79 When smithes shoe horses, as they would be shod, When millers toll not with a golden thumbe. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 176 An honest miller hath a golden thumb. 1876 J. H. Ewing Jan of Windmill xxxii Was 'ee ever in a mill? 'ee seems to have a miller's thumb. extracted from thumbn. < as lemmas
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