| 单词 | to know a person by the company he keeps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know a person by the company he (or she) keeps b. to know a person by the company he (or she) keeps, to know a person by his (or her) company, and variants. Cf. noscitur a sociis phr. 1. ΚΠ 1591 H. Smith Preparatiue to Mariage 42 If a man can be known by nothing els, then he maye bee knowne by his companions. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 336 As a man is, so is his company.] 1613 Bp. W. Cowper Holy Alphabet Table. sig. Cc2/1 A man knowne by his Company. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote xxiii. 153 You shall know the person by his company. 1730 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 1 Aug. That we may know a Man by his Company is an Observation that will hold good to the End of the World. 1742 G. Whitefield Nine Serm. v. 139 We may generally know a Man by his Company. 1828 Amer. Farmer 28 Nov. 296/1 In this place.., a man is neither known by the company he keeps, nor the coat he wears. 1896 Libr. Jrnl. Nov. 488/1 If a man is known by his company, so too a librarian should be known by his assistants. 1915 Amer. Photogr. Aug. 478 It..gives the public a chance to know you by the company you keep. 2010 M. Loughran Auditing for Dummies ii. iv. 57 Keep in mind that you're known by the company you keep. < as lemmas |
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