| 单词 | to cast, fling, etc an old shoe after |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast, fling, etc. an old shoe after (a person) a. old shoe: a type of something discarded as worn out, useless or worthless. Also, to cast, fling, etc. an old shoe after (a person): literal as a means of bringing good luck (e.g. at a wedding); also figurative to wish (a person) good luck. †go meddle with (thy) old shoes: mind your own business. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [noun] > discarding as useless > type of that which is old shoec1386 dead horse1640 the mind > attention and judgement > [phrase] > refrain from meddling > as injunction to others go meddle with (thy) old shoes1546 to mind one's own business1882 the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > make fortunate > wish a person good luck to cast, fling, etc. an old shoe after (a person)1546 c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 708 The clerk whan he is oold and may noght do Of Venus werkes worth his olde sho. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. Cii Nowe for good lucke, cast an olde shoe after mee. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Evij What is that to the? go meddle thu with olde shone. 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. vii, in Comedies & Trag. 136 Pars. I, with all my heart, there's an old shooe after you. 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 25 Thou Traytor..meddle with thy Old shooes!.. Go about thy business, Goodman Fool! 1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 193 And, wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after. < as lemmas |
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