单词 | to go to rome with a mortar on one's head |
释义 | > as lemmasto go (also hop, etc.) to Rome with a mortar on one's head ΚΠ a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 371 (MED) I had leuer go to rome, yei thryse, on my fete, Then forto grefe yonde grome. ?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. B.i Yf ony of vs thre be mayre of london I wys y wys I wyll ryde to rome on my thom. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. ii. sig. C.iiij But what should I home againe without answere go? It were better go to Rome on my head than so. 1600 W. Kemp Nine Daies Wonder Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Me thinkes I could flye to Rome (at least hop to Rome, as the olde Prouerb is) with a morter on my head. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg2v/2 He did measure the starres with a false yard, and may now travaile to Rome with a morter on's head to see if he can recover his mony that way. a1642 B. J. Trag. Hist. Guy Earl of Warwick (1661) sig. A4v Old. But whither wilt thou go soon ha? Clow. Faith Father, Romo Romulus, even to Rome, Morter morteribus, with a Morter on my Head. 1853 T. Carlyle Occas. Disc. Nigger Question 15 Good heavens, if signing petitions would do it, if hopping to Rome on one leg would do it, think you it were long undone! < as lemmas |
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