| 单词 | an man's house his castle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasan (English)man's house (is) his castle e. Phrase. an (English)man's house (is) his castle. ΚΠ 1567 W. Stanford Les Plees del Coron 14 b Ma meason est a moy come mon castel hors de quel le ley ne moy arta a fuer.] 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 257 Our law calleth a mans house, his castle, meaning that he may defend himselfe therein. 1600–16 E. Coke Five Rep. 91 b The house of every man is to him as his Castle and Fortresse, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 167 The house is a castle which the king cannot enter. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 128 An Englishman's house is his castle. < as lemmas |
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