英语词汇“vicar of bray”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Vicar of Bray, one who readily changes his principles to suit the times or circumstances.Bray is the village of that name near Maidenhead in Berkshire. According to Fuller (see ref. below) the ‘vivacious vicar’ held the benefice from the reign of Henry VIII to that of Elizabeth, and was twice a Catholic and twice a Protestant. In the later song, to which the currency of the phrase is mainly due, the sovereigns under whom the vicar successively changes his religion and politics are those from Charles II to George I.

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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming > temporizer or trimmer

Jack of both sides1554

mongrela1555

timeling1554

temporizer1555

time-taker1576

politique1581

time-server1583

time-pleaser1590

time observer1594

temporist1596

please-time1606

timist1614

timorist?1623

trimmer1682

Vicar of Bray1725

timer1842

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 82 But first we will dispatch that sole Proverb of this County, viz. The Vicar of Bray, will be Vicar of Bray still.

c1720 Song, Vicar of Bray (Chorus) This is the law, I will maintain, Until my dying day, Sir, That whatsoever King may reign, Still I'll be the Vicar of Bray, Sir.

1735 Brome in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) II. 100 I have had a long chase after the Vicar of Bray, on whom the proverb... I am informed it is Simon Aleyn or Allen, who was Vicar of Bray about 1540, and died 1588.]

1725 Ld. Harley in Dk. Portland's MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 116 His chief crime is having been once Episcopal, and playing the Vicar of Bray upon them, and keeping his living, when the rest of his Episcopal brethren were ejected.1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Bray A vicar of Bray, one who frequently changes his principles, always siding with the strongest party.1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxx. 256 The regularly educated thieves..are Vicars of Bray to every man whom it is their interest to humour,—blaspheming with the blasphemer and praying with the saint.in extended use.1895 Daily News 12 June 5/4 A habit which the Iguana shares with many lizards..is the habit of changing its colour; most lizards are Vicars of Bray to this extent.

单词	vicar of bray
释义	> as lemmas Vicar of Bray c. Vicar of Bray, one who readily changes his principles to suit the times or circumstances.Bray is the village of that name near Maidenhead in Berkshire. According to Fuller (see ref. below) the ‘vivacious vicar’ held the benefice from the reign of Henry VIII to that of Elizabeth, and was twice a Catholic and twice a Protestant. In the later song, to which the currency of the phrase is mainly due, the sovereigns under whom the vicar successively changes his religion and politics are those from Charles II to George I. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming > temporizer or trimmer Jack of both sides1554 mongrela1555 timeling1554 temporizer1555 time-taker1576 politique1581 time-server1583 time-pleaser1590 time observer1594 temporist1596 please-time1606 timist1614 timorist?1623 trimmer1682 Vicar of Bray1725 timer1842 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 82 But first we will dispatch that sole Proverb of this County, viz. The Vicar of Bray, will be Vicar of Bray still. c1720 Song, Vicar of Bray (Chorus) This is the law, I will maintain, Until my dying day, Sir, That whatsoever King may reign, Still I'll be the Vicar of Bray, Sir. 1735 Brome in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) II. 100 I have had a long chase after the Vicar of Bray, on whom the proverb... I am informed it is Simon Aleyn or Allen, who was Vicar of Bray about 1540, and died 1588.] 1725 Ld. Harley in Dk. Portland's MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 116 His chief crime is having been once Episcopal, and playing the Vicar of Bray upon them, and keeping his living, when the rest of his Episcopal brethren were ejected.1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Bray A vicar of Bray, one who frequently changes his principles, always siding with the strongest party.1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxx. 256 The regularly educated thieves..are Vicars of Bray to every man whom it is their interest to humour,—blaspheming with the blasphemer and praying with the saint.in extended use.1895 Daily News 12 June 5/4 A habit which the Iguana shares with many lizards..is the habit of changing its colour; most lizards are Vicars of Bray to this extent. extracted from vicarn. < as lemmas
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