单词 | to stand on one's own bottom |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand on one's own bottom P3. to stand on one's own bottom: to act for oneself, be independent, now esp. financially. Cf. sense A. 23b and every tub must (or let every tub) stand on its own bottom at tub n.1 9c, to stand on (also upon) one's own (two) feet at foot n. and int. Phrases 2a(e). Now chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] to have one's own rulea1393 to be one's own man (also woman, person)a1425 to be one's own master?1510 to stand on one's own bottom1564 to sit loose1591 independa1657 to paddle one's own canoe1828 to go it alone1842 to run one's own show1892 to go one's (own) gait1922 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 48v Let euery Fatte stand vpon his owne bottome. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 97 Hee had used also before, to stand upon his owne bothom. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. ix. 45 Man, though he..stand upon his own bottome, yet [is] he not a little wrought upon by examples. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 106 Everyone endeavours to stand on their own bottom. 1744 Plain Reasoner 7 It is a generally received Notion, that England can stand upon her own Bottom, without Regard to Alliances with any other Power on Earth. 1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic vi. §1. 129 When reason acquires such strength as to stand on its own bottom. 1841 R. Cobden Let. 23 Aug. (2007) I. 229 It is fallacious to make the question of short hours a part of the corn law question—Let the ten hours bill stand on its own bottom, & the bread tax stand alone also. 1878 Boston Daily Globe 9 Apr. If a church could not stand on its own bottom it should go down. 1923 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 24 May 1/3 Every governmental unit must be..capable of standing on its own bottom and managing its affairs as may best serve the public welfare. 1960 New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 16 Feb. 2/4 McElfresh replied that the company's New Mexico enterprise ‘must stand on its own bottom’. 2005 Daily Herald (Chicago) 21 Sept. iv. 2/1 Every one of our companies has to stand on its own bottom. < as lemmas |
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