| 单词 | to sew pillows under a person's elbows |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sew pillows under a person's elbows P2. to sew pillows under a person's elbows and variants: to create a false sense of security or ease for a person. Now archaic and rare.Chiefly in early biblical translations of Ezekiel 13:18 and usages echoing this. The readings of recent biblical versions resemble that of the Revised English Bible (1989): ‘Sewing magic bands on the wrists’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > be safe [verb (intransitive)] > give false sense of security to sew pillows under a person's elbowsa1425 a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xiii. 18 Woo to hem that sewen to gidre cusshens vndir eche cubit of hoond, and maken pilewis vnder the heed of eche age, for to take or disseyue soulis. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Ezek. xiii. 18 Woe vnto the women that sowe pillowes vnder all arme holes. 1572 in D. Neal Hist. Purit. (1732) I. 285 'Tis no time to blanch or sew pillars under mens elbows. 1620 Bp. J. King Serm. 24 Mar. 45 When I come to reprove sinne, I shall sowe no pillowes. 1686 T. Pierce Law & Equity Gospel 216 Does He now joyn with Silas in soothing up the poor Iailour, and sowing Pillows under his Elbowes? 1708 Acct. Remarkable Passages Life Private Gentleman iii. 192 Such as sew Pillows under their Elbows to nap quietly their Days away. 1756 E. Haywood Wife iii. xi. 263 Most men are apt to put pillows under their elbows when transferring their desires from one woman to another. 1953 C. R. Cheney & W. H. Semple tr. Pope Innocent III Sel. Lett. conc. Eng. xxxii. 97 It is undoubtedly in your interest..not to caress him in company with those who ‘sew pillows under his elbow’. < as lemmas |
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