| 单词 | to kiss the post |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kiss the post h. to kiss the post, to be shut out in consequence of arriving too late; to be disappointed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > be disappointed [verb (intransitive)] to kiss the posta1529 to come home by Weeping Cross1579 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (intransitive)] > be late > arrive late to kiss the posta1529 to come short ofc1569 a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. C.iv Troylus also hath lost On her moch loue and cost And now must kys the post. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. L Shalt thou lose, thy meat and kys the post. c1550 R. Bieston Bayte Fortune B iij The Church they despoyle, the poore the poste may kis. 1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. F2 Make haste thou art best, for feare thou kisse the Post. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G4v The Vsurer, looking as hungrily, as if he had kist the post. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 475 You must kiss the post, or hares foot, Sero venêre bubulci. < as lemmas |
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