| 单词 | to raise a hand against |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto raise (also lift) a hand against (or to) (a person or thing) n. to raise (also lift) a hand against (or to) (a person or thing) : to strike, attack, cause harm or injury to; (also) to threaten with violence. Frequently in negative constructions. Also figurative.Compare to lift (also raise, move, stir) a finger at finger n. Phrases 4a. See also to lay hands (or †hand) on or upon (†also in, to) at lay v.1 21c. ΚΠ 1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 58 I will lift my hand against none that commeth from Metelyne, but against Lucianus onely. 1646 P. Warwick Let. to Mr Speaker Lenthall 2 Those men, that have raised their hands against their King since, and pursued Him to save themselves. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad v. 150 Against the foe I'll [never] lift a hostile hand; Till, righteously fulfil'd, the truce expires. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 223 Mac-Ivor said, very gallantly, he would never raise his hand against a grey head that was so much respected as my father's. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 198 It is cowardly to raise a hand to one who is incapable of physical retort. 1902 H. Lawson Children of Bush 165 [He] took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves, ready, as he said afterwards, ‘to roll into’ either the father or the son if one raised a hand against the other. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo viii. 188 ‘Amn't I a priest?’ he reminded her. No one would lift a hand against God's anointed. 2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 8 July (Features section) 23 My father never raised a hand to me; my mother smacked me once. < as lemmas |
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