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单词 to fish before the net
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to fish before the net
d. In proverbs and phrases, esp. to fish before the net and variants: to act upon or take for granted a gain, success, etc., which has not yet been fully established. Obsolete.
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c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Order of Fools (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 454 (MED) He is a fool affore þe net that ffissheth.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 104 (MED) Ye fysh before the nett..sich folys neuer I mett.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxvi. 727 Suche as came after toke all..for all was fysshe that came to net.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. E It is..yll fyshyng before the net.
a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. C2 He that fishes afore the net, lang or he fish get.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 451 Tha socht the fische rycht far befoir the net.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 148 He that fishes before the Net, long e're he Fish get. Spoken to those who devour with Expectation, what they have not in Possession.
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