英语词汇“to have one's hand on one's halfpenny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†a. to have one's hand (also heart) on one's halfpenny and variants: to be set on a particular goal, purpose, or aim, esp. one involving personal gain. Similarly to have one's hand on another halfpenny. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb] > have a purpose in doing something

to have one's hand on another halfpennya1577

to have one's hand on one's halfpennya1577

to be not doing (something) for one's health1887

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vi. sig. Biii So hard is your hand set on your halpeny: That my reasonyng your reason setteth nought by.

a1577 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1587) 255 But his mystresse having hyr hand on another halfpeny gan thus say unto him.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 44 Francesco that was tied by the eies, & had his hart on his halfpeny, could not deny her.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 159 The Frier, in Chaucer,..hauing his hand vpon his halfepennie, makes this request to the bed-rid man lying vpon his couch.

a1664 J. Wood Shepherdy Spiritualiz'd (1680) 175 They..sit there very demurely, as though they would remember and practise whatsoever he said but their heart was on their half-penny all the while.

1707 H. Gyles Let. 9 Aug. in Lett. Eminent Men to R. Thoresby (1832) II. 62 I quickly found they had their hand too much upon their halfpenny.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) 216 ‘To have his hand on his hawpny’, a proverbial phrase for being ever attentive to his own interest.

单词	to have one's hand on one's halfpenny
释义	> as lemmas to have one's hand (also heart) on one's halfpenny †a. to have one's hand (also heart) on one's halfpenny and variants: to be set on a particular goal, purpose, or aim, esp. one involving personal gain. Similarly to have one's hand on another halfpenny. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb] > have a purpose in doing something to have one's hand on another halfpennya1577 to have one's hand on one's halfpennya1577 to be not doing (something) for one's health1887 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vi. sig. Biii So hard is your hand set on your halpeny: That my reasonyng your reason setteth nought by. a1577 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1587) 255 But his mystresse having hyr hand on another halfpeny gan thus say unto him. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 44 Francesco that was tied by the eies, & had his hart on his halfpeny, could not deny her. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 159 The Frier, in Chaucer,..hauing his hand vpon his halfepennie, makes this request to the bed-rid man lying vpon his couch. a1664 J. Wood Shepherdy Spiritualiz'd (1680) 175 They..sit there very demurely, as though they would remember and practise whatsoever he said but their heart was on their half-penny all the while. 1707 H. Gyles Let. 9 Aug. in Lett. Eminent Men to R. Thoresby (1832) II. 62 I quickly found they had their hand too much upon their halfpenny. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) 216 ‘To have his hand on his hawpny’, a proverbial phrase for being ever attentive to his own interest. extracted from halfpennyn. < as lemmas
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