英语词汇“to plough with a person's heifer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. to plough with a person's heifer (also ox, calf, etc.) [after Hebrew lūlē ḥăraštem bĕʿ eglāṯī lō mĕṣā'ṯem ḥīḏāṯī ‘if you had not ploughed with my heifer you would not have found out my riddle’] (with allusion to Judges 14:18.): to concern oneself in, use, or interfere with a person's affairs, family, property, etc. Now rare.In quot. a1640: (perhaps) to be yoked together with.

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1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xiv. 18 Yf ye had not plowed with my calfe [1560 Geneva heiffer, 1611 King James, 1970 New Eng. heifer, 1976 Good News cow], ye shulde not haue founde out my ryddle.

?a1563 W. Baldwin Beware Cat (1570) Ded. sig. A.ij I doubt whether master Streamer wilbe contented that other men plowe with his oxen.

a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. iii. 14 I will undertake To find the North-passage to the Indies sooner, Then plough with your proud Heifer.

1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 172 If he doe not, wee will plough with his heifer as well as with others.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. x. 77 Satan..plows with our Heifer.

1712 E. Ward Poet. Entertainer i. 40 There..he [sc. a hanged thief] swung, And hung..To deter the Country Gaffers From ploughing with their Neighbours Heifers.

1762 E. Farneworth tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. II. i. 136 Only some few, who had there own heifer to plow with, being initiated into them, were able to expound them.

1981 P. Theroux Mosquito Coast iii. 26 ‘You talk to him, Charlie. He won't listen to me.’ ‘Don't plough with my heifer,’ Father said.

单词	to plough with a person's heifer
释义	> as lemmas to plough with a person's heifer (also ox, calf, etc.) P1. to plough with a person's heifer (also ox, calf, etc.) [after Hebrew lūlē ḥăraštem bĕʿ eglāṯī lō mĕṣā'ṯem ḥīḏāṯī ‘if you had not ploughed with my heifer you would not have found out my riddle’] (with allusion to Judges 14:18.): to concern oneself in, use, or interfere with a person's affairs, family, property, etc. Now rare.In quot. a1640: (perhaps) to be yoked together with. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xiv. 18 Yf ye had not plowed with my calfe [1560 Geneva heiffer, 1611 King James, 1970 New Eng. heifer, 1976 Good News cow], ye shulde not haue founde out my ryddle. ?a1563 W. Baldwin Beware Cat (1570) Ded. sig. A.ij I doubt whether master Streamer wilbe contented that other men plowe with his oxen. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. iii. 14 I will undertake To find the North-passage to the Indies sooner, Then plough with your proud Heifer. 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 172 If he doe not, wee will plough with his heifer as well as with others. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. x. 77 Satan..plows with our Heifer. 1712 E. Ward Poet. Entertainer i. 40 There..he [sc. a hanged thief] swung, And hung..To deter the Country Gaffers From ploughing with their Neighbours Heifers. 1762 E. Farneworth tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. II. i. 136 Only some few, who had there own heifer to plow with, being initiated into them, were able to expound them. 1981 P. Theroux Mosquito Coast iii. 26 ‘You talk to him, Charlie. He won't listen to me.’ ‘Don't plough with my heifer,’ Father said. extracted from ploughplowv. < as lemmas
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