单词 | to drink the cup, or chalice, of joy, sorrow, suffering |
释义 | > as lemmasto drink the cup, or chalice, of joy, sorrow, suffering 6. To swallow down the contents of (a cup or vessel). Also with off, up, indicating completeness, and figurative. to drink the cup, or chalice, of joy, sorrow, suffering, etc.: see cup n. 9, chalice n. 1b. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xi. 26 How ofte euere ȝe schulen..drynke the cuppe, ȝe schulen schewe the deeth of the Lord. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15681 I wat wel þat i sal it drinc [Gött. drinck, Fairf. drink, Trin. Cambr. drynke] þis calice [Trin. Cambr. þis deþ]. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 97 Put off his Turbant, and drunke the cup off. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 49. ⁋10 He had..drank many a flaggon. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague iii. ii I drank the cup of joy. < as lemmas |
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