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单词 to stand in hand
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to stand (a person) in (also †on) hand
(a) to stand (a person) in (also †on) hand.
(i) Of the wind: to be favourable. Obsolete.
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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11135 Wind heom stod an honde.
(ii) (In early use) to be to the advantage of (cf. Phrases 1i(a)(iii)); (in later use) to be incumbent on, to be the duty or business of (cf. Phrases 1i(c)). Now regional.In later use with it as subject and to-infinitive clause as complement.Cf. to lie (a person) upon hand in quot. 1548 at Phrases 1i(a)(i), and to lie (a person) in hand at quot. 1627 at Phrases 1f(a)(i).
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J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) l. 1215 It stondyth yow an-hand wysely yow to aray.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 3173 (MED) I take no reward of othir mennys case, But oonliche of myne own, that stont me most an hond.
1470 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 561 Look that ye spare for no cost to do serche for itt, for it wyll stand yow on hand, I feell by the werkyng.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxii. 289 [They] fought valiantly, the which stode them well in hand to do, for ye naueroyse had caused them somwhat to recule.
c1555 Fisher's Life lf. 118 It standeth vs in hand..to prostrate ourselves before him.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie Pref. Ep. 3 It standeth us on hand to strengthen ourselves in the infallible certaintie of the holy Christian Religion.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 9 To lay forth the proofes..it would stand me in hand to ransacke the whole world.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 303 Doth it not stand her in hand to preuent that the number of catholiks do not increase?
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 89 It stood him in hand to stand upon his guard.
1667 O. Heywood Heart-treasure vii. 54 It stands us all in hand to try our selves.
1703 J. Clark Spiritual-merchant ii. 100 It stands you in hand, to come under His hand, as His Patient.
1786 I. Perkins Poem in H. R. Stiles Bundling (1869) 99 Sence it doth stand each one in hand To happyfy his life.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) ‘To stand in hand’, to concern, behove, or interest. Ex. ‘It stands you in hand to look to that’.
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms To stand in hand, to concern, to behoove... This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. ‘It stands you in hand to attend to your business’.
1852 W. L. G. Smith Life at South xi. 197 It stands us all in hand, to lend our assistance.
1928 F. P. Harlow Making of Sailor v. 87 It stands us in hand to always be on the stoop.
1969 Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 23 Oct. 4/3 It stands us in hand to do our own thinking, when we enter the voting booth.
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