英语词汇“to put the key under the door”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P6. to put (also lay, leave, etc.) the key under the door: to quit a house, premises, or employment, esp. with unpaid debts; to cease residing or working in a place. [In later use chiefly in translations from French, after French mettre la clef sous la porte.]

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1548 N. Lesse Apol. or Def. Worde of God in tr. P. Melanchthon Iustif. Man by Faith Only f. lxxxiv^v The pore tenantes or theyr yeres be halfe expyred shall be glad to lay the keye vnder the dore and runne theyr wayes.

?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. F.ii Such seldome sights of that comfortable gentleman Maister Phebus would make a man lay the key vnder the dore.

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 126 The Tenant lays the Key under the Door.

1724 J. Swift Let. to Shop-keepers of Ireland (new ed.) 15 The Shop-keeper will advance his Goods accordingly or else he must break and leave the Key under the Door.

1729 T. Sheridan Answere to Christmas-box 7 By squand'ring his Mony in Dribs to the poor, He's ready to leave the key under the door.

1800 J. J. J. Aimé Narr. Deportation to Cayenne 51 If the gendarmerie did not bring us some deported persons, we must put the key under the door.

1898 F. Lees tr. P. Margueritte & V. Margueritte Disaster vi. iv. 380 I thought that Jarras had put the key under the door?

1919 Belgian Bull. 2 Jan. 2/1 Spontaneously, with a unanimous movement..all locked their presses and put the key under the door.

1999 N. le Feuvre in R. Crompton Restructuring Gender Relations & Employment viii. 173 I say to myself that if I really get fed-up, I can put the key under the door.

单词	to put the key under the door
释义	> as lemmas to put (also lay, leave, etc.) the key under the door P6. to put (also lay, leave, etc.) the key under the door: to quit a house, premises, or employment, esp. with unpaid debts; to cease residing or working in a place. [In later use chiefly in translations from French, after French mettre la clef sous la porte.] ΚΠ 1548 N. Lesse Apol. or Def. Worde of God in tr. P. Melanchthon Iustif. Man by Faith Only f. lxxxiv^v The pore tenantes or theyr yeres be halfe expyred shall be glad to lay the keye vnder the dore and runne theyr wayes. ?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. F.ii Such seldome sights of that comfortable gentleman Maister Phebus would make a man lay the key vnder the dore. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 126 The Tenant lays the Key under the Door. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Shop-keepers of Ireland (new ed.) 15 The Shop-keeper will advance his Goods accordingly or else he must break and leave the Key under the Door. 1729 T. Sheridan Answere to Christmas-box 7 By squand'ring his Mony in Dribs to the poor, He's ready to leave the key under the door. 1800 J. J. J. Aimé Narr. Deportation to Cayenne 51 If the gendarmerie did not bring us some deported persons, we must put the key under the door. 1898 F. Lees tr. P. Margueritte & V. Margueritte Disaster vi. iv. 380 I thought that Jarras had put the key under the door? 1919 Belgian Bull. 2 Jan. 2/1 Spontaneously, with a unanimous movement..all locked their presses and put the key under the door. 1999 N. le Feuvre in R. Crompton Restructuring Gender Relations & Employment viii. 173 I say to myself that if I really get fed-up, I can put the key under the door. extracted from keyn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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