| 单词 | to sail near the wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sail near (or close to) the wind c. In figurative context. Chiefly in proverbial phrases: †to sail all in one ship, to ‘row in the same boat’, to belong to one party or class; †to sail on another board (see board n. 15); to sail near (or close to) the wind, to come very near to transgression of a law or a received moral principle. ΚΠ 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B4 You be all of one Church, saile all in one ship. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 123 They will alwaies saile by the Carde and Compasse of their own mind. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX xxvi. 18 My words, at least, are more sincere and hearty Than if I sought to sail before the wind. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons iv A certain kind of young English gentleman, who has sailed too close to the wind at home, and who comes to the colony to be whitewashed. 1883 W. E. Norris Thirlby Hall viii With regard to Turf transactions again, he may sail very near the wind indeed, and be pardoned. < as lemmas |
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