单词 | to give his due |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) his (her, etc.) due a. to give (a person) his (her, etc.) due: to acknowledge or do justice to a person's merits; to be fair to a person (often used parenthetically). ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [verb (transitive)] justicec1300 justifya1393 to give (a person) his (her, etc.) due1577 1577 J. Knewstub Lect. 20th Chapter Exodus v. 92 For if we giue men their due, and in the meane time deny the Lorde his, what auayleth it vs? 1584 J. Rainolds Summe Conf. J. Rainoldes & J. Hart vii. 306 I cannot abide, that you should detract from the Popes. Nay, yet giue them their due. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 52 Prince. Did I euer call for thee to pay thy part? Falst. No, ile giue thee thy due, thou hast paid all there. View more context for this quotation 1630 J. Taylor Wks. 115/2 Now if my Whore or Thiefe play well their parts, Give them their due, applaud their good deserts. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 38 Fryers; who, to give them their due, compass Sea and Land to make Proselytes. 1755 J. Smeaton Diary 29 June in Journey to Low Countries (1938) 30 To give the dutch their due, in this branch of Statuary they have shown great tast and skill. 1825 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 409/1 These fellows.., to give them their due, are very naîve and diverting. 1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 377/1 In giving him his due I must protest that he was too good for that. 1911 S. L. Robinson Cross-roads Prol. 7 To give her her due, I think she is genuine. 1951 W. S. Burroughs Let. 5 May (1993) 84 To give him his due, he is good at that sort of thing. 2007 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 25/4 To give my parents their due, throughout my childhood they did try to talk to me openly. < as lemmas |
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