| 单词 | to spin a fair thread |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spin a fair thread ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] to spin a fair thread1546 tinker1655 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hii In beyng your owne foe, you spyn a fayre threede. 1554 H. Latimer in J. Strype Mem. (1721) III. 93 If you tarry with them, you have sponne a fayre Threde. 1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 23 If it be so, he hath spun a fair thred, to make all this stir. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 210 Spinners!—ye'll spin and wind yoursell a bonnie pirn.] < as lemmas |
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