单词 | to have a sheep's eye |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a sheep's eye ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > be timorous [verb (intransitive)] to have a sheep's eye1598 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] havilonc1400 trantc1400 to draw a snecka1500 craft1530 to play (the) fox1599 politize1623 art1637 to have a sheep's eye1711 1598 S. Gosson Trumpet of Warre sig. D5v Espialles were sent out to discouer the land of Promise, some of them hadde a sheepes eye:..Caleb had a Lions eye. [See Numbers xiii. 30, 31.] 1711 Spectator No. 250. ⁋5 We say such an one has a Sheep's Eye, not so much to denote the Innocence as the simple Slyness of the Cast. < as lemmas |
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