单词 | to fear no colours |
释义 | > as lemmasto fear no colours ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > have no fear [verb] to fear no colours1592 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. D4v Helter skelter, feare no colours, course him, trounce him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 9 I can tell thee where yt saying was borne, of I feare no colours..In the warrs. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin ii. 175 Come, fear no Colours! The end the Act will hallow! 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxxvii. 527 The Viper-Catchers have a Way of smearing over their Hands with the Fat of the Viper, and then they fear no Colours. 1809 European Mag. & London Rev. May 372/2 We take it, that the expression ‘under the rose,’ like that which says, ‘He that is hanged need fear no colours’, arose from the wars. 1882 Sunday at Home 618/2 In spite, however, of the opposition truth daily meets with in the world, yet we are told ‘Truth fears no colours’. < as lemmas |
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