单词 | to hang on, upon, of sleeve |
释义 | > as lemmasto hang on, upon, of (a person's) sleeve ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)] > be dependent to lie in one's powerc1374 depend1548 to hang on, upon, of (a person's) sleeve1548 to lie in (or on) one's handsa1593 to fall upon ——?1672 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxix That he would none of his seruauntes should hang on another mannes sleue, and that he was aswel able to maintein him as the duke of Buckyngham. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxviijv I lyke it righte well..that you saye howe Themperoure hangeth not of the Bisshop his sleue. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. viii. 14 To them which aske why we thus hang our iudgement on the Churches sleeue. 1607 S. Hieron Spirituall Sonne-ship in Wks. (1620) I. 369 You shall see..a third hanging vpon some lawyers sleeue, to plot and deuise how to perpetuate his estate. < as lemmas |
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