| 单词 | above the salt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabove (or below, beneath, under) the salt b. above (or below, beneath, under) the salt: at the upper (or lower) part of the table, i.e. among the more honoured (or less honoured) guests.The reference is to the formerly prevailing custom of placing a large salt cellar in the middle of a dining table. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adverb] above (or below, beneath, under) the salt1597 aristocratically1837 patricianly1893 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [adverb] beneathc1000 low1340 meanlya1500 baselya1529 above (or below, beneath, under) the salt1597 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. vi. 41 That he do, on no default, Euer presume to sit aboue the salt. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. ii. sig. D3 He neuer drinkes below the Salt . View more context for this quotation 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore ii. i. 110 Set him beneath the salt, and let him not touch a bit, till euery one has had his full cut. 1658 J. Mennes & J. Smith Wit Restor'd 43 Hee..humbly sate Below the Salt, and munch'd his Sprat. 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1333 The marshals were the lowest above the salt. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 347 At the banquet of fame they sit below the salt. 1885 J. Payn Luck of Darrells xxxvii Though of Tory sentiments, she by no means approved of those feudal times when the chaplain was placed below the salt. < as lemmas |
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