| 单词 | to lay the bridle on a person's neck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay (also throw) the bridle on (also in) a person's neck P2. to lay (also throw) the bridle on (also in) a person's neck: to give control to, or entrust the outcome of a situation to, another. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. Now chiefly archaic.Compare to give a horse the bridle at Phrases 1, free rein n. 2, and perhaps to give (the) rein(s) (to) at rein n.1 Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job ii. 9/1 He was a good man for his owne behalfe, but he had no great regard of his children: he did inough for the discharging of himselfe to Godwarde, but he hath layde the brydle in the necke of the others. a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) i. i. sig. B2v I love a woman of her yeares, a pacer That lay the bridle in her neck will travell. 1701 tr. A. Dacier Wks. Plato Abridg'd II. 185 Not to do as most Fathers do, who, when their Children come to be young Men, throw the Bridle on their Neck, and suffer 'em to live according to their fansie. 1889 Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans) 16 May 6/1 He [sc. the believer] must, as it were, shut his eyes, lay the bridle on the neck of Providence, commit his way to God. 1995 R. Mack Arabian Nights (1998) 805 I laid the bridle on his neck, and trusted myself to the will of God to dispose of my fate. < as lemmas |
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