| 单词 | to lie in one's hands | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lie in (or †on) one's hands  c.   to lie in (a person): to rest or centre in him; to depend upon him, be in his power (to do). Now chiefly in  as far as in (me, etc.) lies. Also,  to lie in one's power,  to lie in (or †on) one's hands. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be under authority			[verb (intransitive)]		 > be dependent to lie in one's powerc1374 depend1548 to hang on, upon, of (a person's) sleeve1548 to lie in (or on) one's handsa1593 to fall upon ——?1672 society > authority > subjection > be subject to			[verb (transitive)]		 > be dependent on to lie inc1374 to stand to ——c1449 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from			[verb (transitive)]		 > depend on to stand in ——OE to lie inc1374 to stand upon ——a1393 to turn on ——a1413 to stand by ——a1450 lie1590 set1597 suspend1638 to turn upon ——1652 condition1868 ride1950 c1374    G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 184  				Sith hit lythe in his myght. a1375						 (c1350)						    William of Palerne 		(1867)	 l. 965  				Þer-for loueliche ladi in þe lis al min hope. 1393    W. Langland Piers Plowman C.  xxi. 431  				Hit lyth in my grace, Wheþer þei deye oþer deye nat. c1440    Generydes 3109  				I wote right wele it lithe in me The Sowdon to destroye. 1470–85    T. Malory Morte d'Arthur  ii. iii  				Aske what ye wil and ye shall haue it, and hit lye in my power to yeue hit. c1515    Ld. Berners tr.  Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux 		(1882–7)	 lxxxi. 243  				It lyeth now in you to do with hym at your pleasure. 1548    Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclvv  				Thei promised the kyng, to doo all that in theim laie with their frendes. a1593    C. Marlowe Edward II 		(1594)	 sig. I4v  				Fauor him my lord, as much as lieth in you. 1597    R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie  v. lx. 136  				The Church as much as in her lieth, wilfully casteth away their soules. 1597    W. Shakespeare Richard II  i. ii. 4  				Correction lieth in those hands, Which made the fault that we cannot  correct.       View more context for this quotation 1605    F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning  ii. sig. Gg1  				To me..that do desire as much as lyeth in my Penne [etc.] .       View more context for this quotation a1613    T. Overbury Wife 		(1614)	 sig. D6v  				Women, though they weaker bee..,yet on their hands The Chastitie of men doth often lie. 1642    D. Rogers Naaman 176  				As much as in you hath lyen. 1662    King Charles II in  J. M. Cartwright Madame 		(1894)	 121  				I am sure I have done all that lies in my power. 1720    J. Ozell et al.  tr.  R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I.  iv. 226  				All the Hopes of the Republic lay in an old Man just taken from the Plough. 1875    F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 9  				Resolved, so far as in him lay, to root out the Christian Faith. 1885    Ld. Tennyson Tiresias  				Only in thy virtue lies The saving of our Thebes. < as lemmas | 
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