| 单词 | to have nay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have nay b. to have nay: to receive a refusal. Frequently in proverbial phrases. Cf. to nick —— with nay at nick v.1 2a. Now rare (in later use archaic and poetic). ΚΠ c1475 MS Cambr. Univ. Libr. Ee.4.37 f. iiv, in C. Brown & R. H. Robbins Index Middle Eng. Verse (1943) 186 He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 140 Yf I haue nay, yet reke I nat. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. A.iiii He that wyl not when he may, When he wold he shall haue nay. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd ix. 110 He that will not when he may, when hee would, hee shall haue nay. 1758 A. Murphy Upholsterer ii. 34 As the Poet says, ‘She that will not when she may, When she will, she shall have nay’. 1823 A. Allan New Gentle Shepherd iii. ii. 35 No more through secrets I can sift... 'Tis but at times I have that gift, Else you would not have nay. 1897 G. Sigerson tr. Bards of Gael & Gall 153 Jesukin, my good for aye, Calling and will not have nay. a1923 M. Colborne-Veel Little Anthol. (1924) 38 This adage sooth hath said..Whoso will not when he lightly may, Shall have ‘Nay, nay’. 1958 B. Pym Glass of Blessings xi. 136 ‘It was a rather pretty little box, just the kind of thing you like.’.. ‘I know,’ I said. ‘If you will not when you may, when you will you shall have nay.’ < as lemmas |
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