英语词汇“an old bird is not caught with chaff”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†P2. Proverb. an old bird is not caught with chaff and variants: a wise or experienced person cannot easily be deceived. Also in allusive use. Now rare.

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1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 103 I am no byrde to be locked ne take by chaf, I know wel ynowh good corn.

c1600 Timon (1980) iv. ii. 56 An olde birde is not caught with chaffe Hee that will cheate mee must arise betimes.

1674 J. Golborne Friendly Apol. 17 If you resolve to be wise, and to laugh At all his follies, are not catch'd with chaff Of vain pretences.

1732 Compl. Coll. Rep., Lyes, & Stories i. 49 Others said, that the Whigs were old Birds, they would not be catch'd with Chaff.

1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. i. 21 I guess, he is trying to ketch me—but it won't du. I'm tu old a bird to be ketch'd with chaff.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 144 They ogled him as they sang..with which chaff our noble bird was by no means to be caught.

1877 Shamrock 28 July 684/1 Oh, an old bird is not taken with chaff, dear.

1936 C. F. Gregg Danger at Cliff House v. 45 Henry Prince was too old a bird to be caught with such chaff.

1975 Miami (Okla.) News-Record 30 Mar. b11/3 Saul of Tarsus, not a man to be caught with chaff, heard this message and believed.

2016 Pioneer (India) (Nexis) 24 Jan. The high command, however, has made it clear that they would not be caught with chaff.

单词	an old bird is not caught with chaff
释义	> as lemmas an old bird is not caught with chaff †P2. Proverb. an old bird is not caught with chaff and variants: a wise or experienced person cannot easily be deceived. Also in allusive use. Now rare. ΚΠ 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 103 I am no byrde to be locked ne take by chaf, I know wel ynowh good corn. c1600 Timon (1980) iv. ii. 56 An olde birde is not caught with chaffe Hee that will cheate mee must arise betimes. 1674 J. Golborne Friendly Apol. 17 If you resolve to be wise, and to laugh At all his follies, are not catch'd with chaff Of vain pretences. 1732 Compl. Coll. Rep., Lyes, & Stories i. 49 Others said, that the Whigs were old Birds, they would not be catch'd with Chaff. 1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. i. 21 I guess, he is trying to ketch me—but it won't du. I'm tu old a bird to be ketch'd with chaff. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 144 They ogled him as they sang..with which chaff our noble bird was by no means to be caught. 1877 Shamrock 28 July 684/1 Oh, an old bird is not taken with chaff, dear. 1936 C. F. Gregg Danger at Cliff House v. 45 Henry Prince was too old a bird to be caught with such chaff. 1975 Miami (Okla.) News-Record 30 Mar. b11/3 Saul of Tarsus, not a man to be caught with chaff, heard this message and believed. 2016 Pioneer (India) (Nexis) 24 Jan. The high command, however, has made it clear that they would not be caught with chaff. extracted from chaffn.¹ < as lemmas
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