单词 | to help a dog over a stile |
释义 | > as lemmasto help a (lame) dog over a stile P5. to help a (lame) dog over a stile: to come to the aid of someone in need. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] helpc897 filsteOE filsenc1175 gengc1175 succourc1250 ease1330 to do succourc1374 favour1393 underset1398 supply1428 aid1450 behelp1481 adminiculate?1532 subleve1542 to help a (lame) dog over a stile1546 adjuvate1553 to stand at ——1563 assista1578 opitulate1582 stead1582 bestead1591 help out (also through)1600 serve1629 facilitate1640 auxiliate1656 juvate1708 gammon1753 lame duck1963 piggyback1968 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. E As good a dede, As it is to helpe a dogge ouer a style. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. iii. §33 I once knew a man out of curtesie, help a lame dog over a stile, and he for requitall bit him by the fingers. 1705 J. Browne Secret Hist. Queen Zarah 49 He may live to help a lame Dog over a Stile yet. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. vii. 197 ‘I can..help a lame dog over a stile’—(which was Mark's phrase for doing a generous thing). 1910 W. J. Locke Simon xviii Now and again one does help a lame dog over a stile which bucks one up, you know. 2006 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 15 Dec. 15 A boy said to me: ‘Lend me 20p, I want to phone my mum.’ I am always willing to help a lame dog over a stile, and so I got my mobile phone out. < as lemmas |
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