| 单词 | to wait on hand and foot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wait on (also wait upon, serve) (a person) (†to) hand and foot (b) to wait on (also wait upon, serve) (a person) (†to) hand and foot: to attend to all a person's needs or requests, esp. when they are exacting or unreasonable. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > attend upon as servant [verb (transitive)] > assiduously to wait on (also wait upon, serve) (a person) (to) hand and footc1300 c1300 Assumption of Virgin (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1901) l. 64 He..seruede hem to hond and fot [a1425 BL Add. hande and fote]. c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 50 To serue him wele to fote and honde. 1829 M. M. Sherwood Arzoomund (ed. 2) vi. 85 I am ready to wait upon you hand and foot. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. ii. 25 There was one girl..who waited on him hand and foot. 1903 H. C. Clifford Free Lance of To-day iv. 31 He would ask nothing better of the gods than just to be allowed to serve this girl—to serve her hand and foot for all time. 1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman x. 96 He has everything he wants and servants who wait on him hand and foot. 2009 Church Times 23 Jan. 48/3 The dustmen are exacting, and have to be waited on hand and foot. < as lemmas |
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