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

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to have tow on one's distaff

b. In proverbial and figurative phrases. †to have tow on one's distaff: to have work in hand or trouble in store (obsolete).

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c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 586 He hadde moore tow on his dystaf Than Gerueys knew.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1226 Towe on my dystaf have I for to spynne More..than ye wote of yit.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxxiv. [clxx.] 520 In shorte space he shall haue more flax to his dystaffe than he can well spynne.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiv^v If they fyre me, some of them shall wyn More tow on their distaues, then they can well spyn.

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxv. 214 The whole of my patience is now spun off the distaff.

extracted from distaffn.

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单词	to have tow on one's distaff
释义	> as lemmas to have tow on one's distaff b. In proverbial and figurative phrases. †to have tow on one's distaff: to have work in hand or trouble in store (obsolete). ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 586 He hadde moore tow on his dystaf Than Gerueys knew. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1226 Towe on my dystaf have I for to spynne More..than ye wote of yit. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxxiv. [clxx.] 520 In shorte space he shall haue more flax to his dystaffe than he can well spynne. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiv^v If they fyre me, some of them shall wyn More tow on their distaues, then they can well spyn. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxv. 214 The whole of my patience is now spun off the distaff. extracted from distaffn. < as lemmas
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