英语词汇“to get water from a flint”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 get (also wring) water from a flint

to get (also wring) water from a flint used to express extreme difficulty in doing something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty > do something with great difficulty

to make (a) shift1538

to make pottage of a flintc1576

to get (also wring) water from a flint1597

to make a hard shift1639

1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. i. 141 Hoping to wringe some water from a flinte.

1599 George a Greene sig. E4^v Faith I see it is as hard to get water out of a flint, As to get him to haue a bout with me.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 85 They would, in a manner, make pottage of a flint.

extracted from flintn.

as lemmas

单词	to get water from a flint
释义	> as lemmas to get (also wring) water from a flint to get (also wring) water from a flint used to express extreme difficulty in doing something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty > do something with great difficulty to make (a) shift1538 to make pottage of a flintc1576 to get (also wring) water from a flint1597 to make a hard shift1639 1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. i. 141 Hoping to wringe some water from a flinte. 1599 George a Greene sig. E4^v Faith I see it is as hard to get water out of a flint, As to get him to haue a bout with me. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 85 They would, in a manner, make pottage of a flint. extracted from flintn. < as lemmas
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