| 单词 | where the water sticks |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhere the water sticks j. where the water sticks: where the irreconcilable difference or difficulty lies. Now archaic and rare. [After classical Latin aqua haeret the water sticks (Cicero).] ΚΠ 1643 J. Bramhall Serpent Salve 225 This brings us to the true question where the water sticks. 1673 J. Humfrey Middle-Way in One Paper 20 I will tell you where the water sticks. It sticks between the Schools and Calvin, where it does between the Arminians and Calvinists, and that is upon the point altogether of resistibility or irresistibility. 1959 G. Heyer Unknown Ajax vii. 94 I would [look nice] if I wore some kind of a corset, and that's where the water sticks, for I'm one who likes to be comfortable. < as lemmas |
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