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单词 to blear the eyes
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to blear the eyes
a. (figurative) to blear the eyes: to deceive, blind, ‘hoodwink,’ ‘throw dust in the eyes.’ Very common in 16th cent.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [phrase]
to blear the eyesc1325
to play mock-holiday with?1558
on a lock1598
to put the change upon (also on) (a person)1658
to play false1680
to draw (pull, spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes1839
to lead (a person) up the garden (path)1923
to pull a fastie1931
to take (someone) for a sleigh ride1931
to pull a swiftie1945
c1325 Coer de L. 3708 So queyntyly to blere myn eye.
c1386 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 148 For al thy waytyng, blered is thin ye.
a1400 Octouian 1387 For to blere the Soudanes ye Queynte lesynges he gan to lye.
1537 T. Cromwell in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. III. 229 You have bleared my eyes once. Your credit shall never more serve you so far to deceive me the second time.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. i. 109 While counterfeit supposes bleer'd thine eine. View more context for this quotation
a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 220 To blear Mens Eyes with Fopperies.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 343 I want nane o' your siller..to make ye think I am blearing your e'e.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. iii. 91 Henry III was seeking to blear the eyes of the world.
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