单词 | to lie by it |
释义 | > as lemmasto lie by it a. To be or remain in a specified position of subjection, helplessness, misery, degradation, or captivity; to be kept in prison; to continue in sin, etc. †Also simply = ‘to lie in prison’; sometimes idiomatically to lie by it. to lie by the heels (archaic): see heel n.1 and int. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)] > be in specific condition of subjection liec893 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] wake1338 to lie by ita1644 to be in lumber1819 fall1874 to partake of (or enjoy) His (or Her) Majesty's hospitality1894 to go down1906 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. i On carcernum lægon. c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 37 Ȝif he..lið on sume heaued-senne. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1374 He haueth me do..ofte in sorwe and pine ligge. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4307 Alle oþer of þe lordes of þat lond þat þere leie in hold. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 39 A long custom to ligge in synne. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. vii We ben here xx knyghtes prysoners..& some of vs haue layne here seuen yere. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 239 b/1 And yet he entended to be his pledge and to lye for him, his charite was so grete. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 610/1 I lye bounde in chaynes. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 133 Sa lang in Sin as thow dois ly. 1586 Earl of Leicester Corr. (1844) 277 The auditour also..is worthy to lye by the heeles. 1618 E. Elton Complaint Sanctified Sinner v. 90 Any particular sin wherein thou hast liued and lyen. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iii. i. sig. Fv To free all such as lye for debt. a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 13 I must be paid, or hee lie by it untill I have my utmost farthing, or his bones. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 138 Lincoln was like to lye by it, and to be shut out of mercy by an irreversible decree. 1692 R. L'Estrange Life Æsop in Fables (1708) 7 From Lying at the Mercy of Fire, Water, and a Wicked Woman, Good Lord deliver us. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 482 The defendant..was lying in prison as a debtor. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 265 His brother still lay by the heels for an unpatriotic treaty with England. < as lemmas |
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