| 单词 | to set a stone rolling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set (†put) a stone rolling d. (a) †to roll the stone: to discuss a matter (obsolete). (b) to set (†put) a stone rolling: to start a course of action which may lead to unforeseen, esp. disastrous, consequences. (c) Prov. a rolling stone gathers no moss: see moss n.1 6. (d) †to stand on a rolling stone (etc.): to be in a precarious position where one is likely to fall or suffer disaster (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > argue, dispute, discuss [verb (intransitive)] mootOE sannc1175 sputea1225 argue1303 argumentc1320 strive1340 proceedc1390 reason?c1425 to roll the stone1581 argumentate1586 discuss1587 litigate1606 canvass1631 argumentizea1641 to take by the beard1809 dudgeon1859 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > make a beginning in some enterprise > which may lead to unforeseen results to set (put) a stone rolling1581 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position stacker1402 periclitate1581 to stand on a rolling stone1581 to lie upon the wager1590 tottera1616 concern1659 to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734 tremblea1862 to skate over (or on) thin ice1897 to teeter on the brink1937 1581 R. Goade in Confer. (1584) iii. sig. Q iiij This stone hath bene rowled enough. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. i. sig. B2v Whose foot [is] standing on a rowling stone. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 78 How murther hath beene punished..I haue shewed I hope sufficientlie..so that I shall not need here to rowle the same stone. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 138 I told ye all, When we first put this dangerous stone a rowling, 'Twold fall vpon our selues. < as lemmas |
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