| 单词 | confess and be hanged |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconfess and be hanged 10. confess and be hanged: a proverbial phrase, found with variations and frequent allusive application in 16–17th centuries.It is uncertain whether the ‘confess’ referred originally to shriving or to confession of crime. From the Pepys quot., the use of the expression appears to have been a degree ruder than saying ‘You lie’. ΚΠ c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta iv. ii Blame not us, but the proverb,—Confess and be hanged. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iv. i. 37 To confesse, and be hang'd for his labour. First, to be hang'd, and then to confesse. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Warw. 119 The simple Earl was perswaded..to confess the fact..and so..soon after found the Proverb true, Confess and be Beheaded. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 7 Sept. (1970) III. 191 The young Queen [Katherine] answered, ‘you lye’; which was the first English word that I ever heard her say. Which made the King good sport, and he would have taught her to say in English, ‘Confess and be hanged’. < as lemmas |
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