单词 | to show one's head |
释义 | > as lemmasto show one's head o. to show one's head: to show oneself publicly; to appear in public. Cf. to show one's face at face n. Phrases 1b. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 2491 (MED) It is to hiȝe a routhe A man to apere or dore schewe his hede After tyme whan his worschip is ded. 1476 R. Cely Let. 28 Oct. in Cely Lett. (1975) 8 As for the tother ij, [they] dar not schew ther heddys. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke v. f. lxviiiv A ryght teacher of the gospell..shall shewe his head abrode, as often as the people shall nede the foode of euangelicall doctryne. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. vi. 44 With Cayne go wander through shades of night, And neuer shew thy head by day nor light. View more context for this quotation 1630 T. Randolph Aristippus 26 A Purgation, that should so scoure the Seas, that neuer a Dunkerke durst shew his head. 1671 E. Fowler Design Christianity xvi. 169 Where doth the highest and most daring of Impieties..so boldly shew its head as it doth here? 1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 68 I warrant he won't shew his head for these six months. 1822 London Mag. Apr. 305/1 The artificial Comedy, or Comedy of manners, is quite extinct on our stage. Congreve and Farquhar show their heads once in seven years only. 1895 E. E. Hale My Double 49 I shall not be likely ever to show my head there again. 1976 E. Crankshaw Shadow of Winter Palace (1978) ii. 35 Intervening with force anywhere in Europe where sedition showed its head. 2010 M. Sharratt Daughters of Witching Hill xv. 209 Old and infirm, she wasn't likely to show her head outside her door in such weather. < as lemmas |
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