英语词汇“to put one's finger in a hole”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†b. to put one's finger in a hole and variants: to follow instructions without questioning or understanding; to do something without considering the consequences. Obsolete.With proverbial allusion to putting one's finger in a hole as the action of a foolish or gullible person: cf. quot. 1611.

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiv^v To make me put my fynger in a hole.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xii. 82 Made Saule stand at the doore like a foole (as it were with his finger in a hole) to heare the cousening answers.

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I4 I will not put my finger in a hole I warrant yee.

1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. D^v Hee that houlds his finger in a hole, To please the humour of a fond desire.

1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 160 A Foole oft puts his finger in a hole.]

单词	to put one's finger in a hole
释义	> as lemmas to put one's finger in a hole †b. to put one's finger in a hole and variants: to follow instructions without questioning or understanding; to do something without considering the consequences. Obsolete.With proverbial allusion to putting one's finger in a hole as the action of a foolish or gullible person: cf. quot. 1611. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiv^v To make me put my fynger in a hole. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xii. 82 Made Saule stand at the doore like a foole (as it were with his finger in a hole) to heare the cousening answers. 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I4 I will not put my finger in a hole I warrant yee. 1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. D^v Hee that houlds his finger in a hole, To please the humour of a fond desire. 1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 160 A Foole oft puts his finger in a hole.] extracted from fingern. < as lemmas
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