英语词汇“to find the length of a person's foot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot and variants: to discover or know a person's character or weaknesses, esp. so as to be able to manage or influence him or her. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > have in one's control

to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot1580

to have the ball at one's foot (feet) (also before one)?c1625

to pull (also move) the wires1834

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > be experienced [phrase]

to know the ginc1530

to know what something is1535

to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot1580

to know one's way around1814

to be more than seven1896

to know whereof one speaks (or writes, etc.)1922

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [phrase] > with oneself as standard

to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot1580

1580 E. Knight Triall of Truth f .11 Hauing founde the length of his foote, hee shalbe fitted with an Instrument of proofe.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 34^v You shall not knowe the length of my foote, vntill by your cunning you get commendation.

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1643) (i. 15) 156 Persons who can humour them, and finde the length of their foote.

1648 in J. Raymond Making News (1993) viii. 344 The Jesuits and Priests about her had taken the just length of her Foot (as we say) and of the King's too.

1727 tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano Spanish Amusements iii. 219 He has a Servant to wait on him, who knows the length of his Foot, and complies with him in his Madness.

1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 250 I too well knew the length of his Foot, to let my Money run freely.

1850 M. T. Vidal Cabramatta & Woodleigh Farm 194 He told his mother that Blake ‘knew the length of her foot very well’.

1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers III. i. 16 Farmer Greenacre's eldest son..had from his earliest years taken the exact measure of Miss Thorne's foot.

1925 S. Weyman Queen's Folly (1927) 275 He's hard to drive but easy to lead. And if anyone has the length of his foot, it's her ladyship.

1940 N. Lofts Hester Roon x. 115 Sam would help if he were asked properly and Hester considered that she had, in the country phrase, ‘got the measure of his foot.’

单词	to find the length of a person's foot
释义	> as lemmas to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot b. to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot and variants: to discover or know a person's character or weaknesses, esp. so as to be able to manage or influence him or her. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > be in control [verb (intransitive)] > have in one's control to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot1580 to have the ball at one's foot (feet) (also before one)?c1625 to pull (also move) the wires1834 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > be experienced [phrase] to know the ginc1530 to know what something is1535 to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot1580 to know one's way around1814 to be more than seven1896 to know whereof one speaks (or writes, etc.)1922 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [phrase] > with oneself as standard to find (know, etc.) the length (also measure) of a person's foot1580 1580 E. Knight Triall of Truth f .11 Hauing founde the length of his foote, hee shalbe fitted with an Instrument of proofe. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 34^v You shall not knowe the length of my foote, vntill by your cunning you get commendation. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1643) (i. 15) 156 Persons who can humour them, and finde the length of their foote. 1648 in J. Raymond Making News (1993) viii. 344 The Jesuits and Priests about her had taken the just length of her Foot (as we say) and of the King's too. 1727 tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano Spanish Amusements iii. 219 He has a Servant to wait on him, who knows the length of his Foot, and complies with him in his Madness. 1728 Mem. Eng. Officer 250 I too well knew the length of his Foot, to let my Money run freely. 1850 M. T. Vidal Cabramatta & Woodleigh Farm 194 He told his mother that Blake ‘knew the length of her foot very well’. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers III. i. 16 Farmer Greenacre's eldest son..had from his earliest years taken the exact measure of Miss Thorne's foot. 1925 S. Weyman Queen's Folly (1927) 275 He's hard to drive but easy to lead. And if anyone has the length of his foot, it's her ladyship. 1940 N. Lofts Hester Roon x. 115 Sam would help if he were asked properly and Hester considered that she had, in the country phrase, ‘got the measure of his foot.’ extracted from footn.int. < as lemmas
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