| 单词 | to bring one's noble to ninepence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring one's noble to ninepence c. to bring one's noble to ninepence and variants: to behave with wasteful extravagance. Now rare (English regional in later use). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend money wastefully or extravagantly [verb (intransitive)] to lay on load?1562 lavish1567 to bring one's noble to ninepence1568 to lay it ona1593 overspend1857 plunge1876 splash1934 splurge1934 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. H He maketh his martes with marchantes lykely, To bryng a shillyng to nyne pence quickely.] 1568 U. Fulwell Like wil to Like D iv Tom tospot since he went hence, Hath increased a noble iust vnto nine pence. 1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 59 You make the poor husband oftentimes to turn a noble to nine-pence. 1689 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus Sel. Colloquies (ed. 2) xxii. 283 I have e'en brought a Noble to Nine-pence. 1779 V. Knox Ess. II. iv. 249 I do not bring my noble to ninepence, and my ninepence to nothing. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. x. 235 It's the jinketting and the jirbling with tea and with trumpery that brings our nobles to ninepence. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 60 He'll soon bring his noble to ninepence. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) To spend lavishly or to live extravagantly is said to be the way to bring the noble to ninepence. < as lemmas |
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