| 单词 | under thumb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder (the) thumb ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb] > in confidence under the rose1546 under (the) thumb1577 sub sigillo1623 sub rosa1654 between you and me and the bed-post1830 between (or betwixt) you (and) me and the gatepost1871 under one's hat1885 between you and me and the lamp-post1919 off the record1920 cagily1926 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 90/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Diuerse other secrete vnderminers, who wrought so cunningly vnder the thumbe..as if Kyldare had prospered,..theyr malice would not haue bene in maner suspected. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 171 This consuetude..was, as we vse to speik, vndir thoume stil reteined. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxvi. 299 Privily and under Thumb. < as lemmas |
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