| 单词 | above one's match |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabove one's match ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] bettereOE selerOE betc1175 greaterc1325 unmeeta1393 masculinec1425 above one's matchc1500 superior?c1550 uppera1586 precedent1598 supereminent1599 empyreal1641 prerogative1646 paramount1654 subalternating1671 racy1675 ranking1847 plus1860 the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > representing as similar > suitable pairing matchc1500 c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) cix (MED) It is no mach of thyn unworthyness To hir hie birth, estate and beautee bryght. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 225 To the entente that wee may after a sorte make soome lykely matche of Roomains with the Grekes, we shall [etc.]. 1545 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. 13 Nov. (1933) 188 Of hym that is an evel shote it is sayd he is good to pul down a syde, soo be they good to undoo a prince that shuld take them to his matche and frendship. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. iv. 174 Master Blifil, notwithstanding he was the younger, was in Size above the other's Match, yet Tom was much his Superior at the noble Art of Boxing. View more context for this quotation 1787 E. Inchbald tr. ‘M. Damamiant’ Midnight Hour i. i. 2 Ay Sir, but we are not all equals in love for all that—for instance, you will always be above my match. < as lemmas |
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