| 单词 | to give one's mother for a maid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) one's mother for a maid b. to give (a person) one's mother for a maid: an expression used to emphasize the unlikelihood of a specified action, event, etc., ever taking place. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1640 J. Rous in MS Ashm. 36 lf. 112 If euor Ice doe come heare againe, Ice zaid, Chil give thee my Mother vor a maid. a1689 A. Behn Younger Brother (1696) i. ii. 8 If ever you catch me at your Damn'd Clubs again, I'll give you my Mother for a Maid. < as lemmas |
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