In figurative or allusive phrase to swallow one's spittle: (a) in renderings of Job vii. 19, where the reference is to the difficulty of swallowing…
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| 释义 | the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (intransitive)] > manifest suffering (3) to swallow one's spittlec1400 In figurative or allusive phrase to swallow one's spittle: (a) in renderings of Job vii. 19, where the reference is to the difficulty of swallowing… flincha1677 To shrink under pain; to wince. squirm1804 figurative. To be painfully affected or sharply touched by something; to writhe under reproof, sarcasm, or the like. |
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