单词 | to baste his coat |
释义 | > as lemmasto baste (pay, etc.) his coat 13. Proverbs and Phrases. †to baste (pay, etc.) his coat: to beat him. †to be in any one's coat: to be in his place, ‘stand in his shoes’. to cut the coat according to the cloth: see cloth n. 10, cut v. 45 to trail one's coat: see trail v.1 1d †to turn one's coat: to change or abandon one's principles, desert one's party, apostatize (cf. turncoat n. and adj.). to wear the king's coat: to serve as a soldier. And others: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > be a substitute [verb (intransitive)] to stand for ——OE to stand in a person's stead?a1515 to be in any one's coat1530 walk1558 to serve the turn of1565 succenturiate1647 commute1653 to hand the saw1654 substitute1675 surrogate1681 to be in (another person's) shoes1767 substitute1888 pinch-hit1911 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/2 I coyle ones kote, I beate hym. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. xvv The englyshe prouerbe sayeth thus: Nere is my cote but nerer is my shyrt. 1549 in P. F. Tytler Eng. under Edward VI & Mary (1839) I. 171 (modernized text) I would not be in some of their coats for five marks. a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) vi. 31 It is but vaine to saie this, If I had been in Adam's coate. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 107/2 We shall see these backesliders, which knowe the Gospell, reuolt & turne their cotes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. i. 30 I would not be in some of your coats for two pence. View more context for this quotation 1636 J. Henshaw Horæ Succisivæ (ed. 4) 72 His charity begins at home, and there it ends: neare is his coat, but neerer is his skin. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1972) VI. 77 He desired me that I would baste his coate. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 22 July (1974) VIII. 348 I wish he had paid this fellow's coat well. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xxi. 166 I thought you had worn the king's coat! < as lemmas |
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