单词 | to keep mell in shaft |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep (the) mell in (the) shaft P2. to keep (the) mell in (the) shaft : to keep one's affairs in good order; to prosper. Also to keep the shaft in the mell. ΚΠ 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 339 When a person's worldly affairs get disordered, it is said the mell cannot be keeped in the shaft. 1850 J. Struthers My own Life vii, in Poet. Wks. I. p. cviii He had gained something in the way of experience, and had been able still to keep the shaft in the mell. < as lemmas |
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