英语词汇“to drown the miller”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. to drown the miller: (a) to have too much of a good thing; (b) chiefly Scottish, to become bankrupt; (c) to add too much water to spirits, tea, dough, etc. (also to put (also bake) the miller's eye out).The phrase to put the miller's eye out is thought to refer punningly to the mill eye (see mill n.¹ Compounds 2), the aperture through which the meal passes to the meal bins, and to its capacity to halt milling if blocked.

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1805 A. Scott Poems 94 Honest men's been ta'en for rogues, Whan bad luck gars drown the miller.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 176 The hale folk here..hae made a vow to ruin my trade, as they say ower muckle water drowns the miller.

1821 W. Scott Pirate II. iii. 61 ‘A fine, a fine,’ said the Udaller, ‘..he shall drink off the yawl full of punch, unless he gives us a song on the spot!’ ‘Too much water drowned the miller,’ answered Triptolemus.

1834 E. Copley Housekeeper's Guide x. 233 If after..‘putting out the miller's eye’ by too much water, you add flour to make it stiff enough for rolling out [etc.].

1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 12 Apr. 492/1 ‘You're right, you're right—I believe I have drowned the miller,’ an expression used to denote that he had made his toddy entirely too weak.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. at Miller's Eye When a person, in mixing mortar or dough, pours too much water into the hole..they say, ‘I reckon you've put the miller's eye out now!’

1889 J. Nicholson Folk Speech E. Yorks. 5 If, in making dough, the good wife should put too much water, she has ‘dhroondid minler’.

1894 Trans. Buchan Field Club 144 If the leaven is not properly made, when it is rolled out into the cake, holes break in, and the baker is reproved with the words:- ‘Ye're bakin oot the miller's ee.’

1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xix. 187 A man needing a drop of water with his dram..would stay the water-jug and his host's hand with the injunction:..Don't drown the miller.

单词	to drown the miller
释义	> as lemmas to drown the miller P2. to drown the miller: (a) to have too much of a good thing; (b) chiefly Scottish, to become bankrupt; (c) to add too much water to spirits, tea, dough, etc. (also to put (also bake) the miller's eye out).The phrase to put the miller's eye out is thought to refer punningly to the mill eye (see mill n.¹ Compounds 2), the aperture through which the meal passes to the meal bins, and to its capacity to halt milling if blocked. ΚΠ 1805 A. Scott Poems 94 Honest men's been ta'en for rogues, Whan bad luck gars drown the miller. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 176 The hale folk here..hae made a vow to ruin my trade, as they say ower muckle water drowns the miller. 1821 W. Scott Pirate II. iii. 61 ‘A fine, a fine,’ said the Udaller, ‘..he shall drink off the yawl full of punch, unless he gives us a song on the spot!’ ‘Too much water drowned the miller,’ answered Triptolemus. 1834 E. Copley Housekeeper's Guide x. 233 If after..‘putting out the miller's eye’ by too much water, you add flour to make it stiff enough for rolling out [etc.]. 1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 12 Apr. 492/1 ‘You're right, you're right—I believe I have drowned the miller,’ an expression used to denote that he had made his toddy entirely too weak. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. at Miller's Eye When a person, in mixing mortar or dough, pours too much water into the hole..they say, ‘I reckon you've put the miller's eye out now!’ 1889 J. Nicholson Folk Speech E. Yorks. 5 If, in making dough, the good wife should put too much water, she has ‘dhroondid minler’. 1894 Trans. Buchan Field Club 144 If the leaven is not properly made, when it is rolled out into the cake, holes break in, and the baker is reproved with the words:- ‘Ye're bakin oot the miller's ee.’ 1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xix. 187 A man needing a drop of water with his dram..would stay the water-jug and his host's hand with the injunction:..Don't drown the miller. extracted from millern.¹ < as lemmas
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