英语词汇“for one's right arm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†a. for one's right (also better) arm: (in negative contexts) for one's most valued possession; at any price; for all the world. Obsolete (U.S. in later use).Cf. to give one's right arm to do (also for) something at Phrases 3d.

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a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 1650 For I wole haue no wyte To bryng yn pres þat myghte don harm Or hym dishesen for my bettre arm.

1825 Amer. Athenæum 6 Oct. 234/2 I would not for my right arm commit a dishonourable action.

1858 in Lincoln–Douglas Deb. (2004) 102 They chose to get into a quibble with Chase to get him to do what they knew very well he would not do for his right arm.

1903 Nashville (Tennessee) Amer. 2 Mar. 4/4 I would not, for my right arm, deprive the negro of one single right which he has under the Constitution of my country.

1923 Happy Days 13 Nov. 4/2 I never said such a thing about Andy in my life, and I wouldn't for my right arm.

单词	for one's right arm
释义	> as lemmas for one's right (also better) arm †a. for one's right (also better) arm: (in negative contexts) for one's most valued possession; at any price; for all the world. Obsolete (U.S. in later use).Cf. to give one's right arm to do (also for) something at Phrases 3d. ΚΠ a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 1650 For I wole haue no wyte To bryng yn pres þat myghte don harm Or hym dishesen for my bettre arm. 1825 Amer. Athenæum 6 Oct. 234/2 I would not for my right arm commit a dishonourable action. 1858 in Lincoln–Douglas Deb. (2004) 102 They chose to get into a quibble with Chase to get him to do what they knew very well he would not do for his right arm. 1903 Nashville (Tennessee) Amer. 2 Mar. 4/4 I would not, for my right arm, deprive the negro of one single right which he has under the Constitution of my country. 1923 Happy Days 13 Nov. 4/2 I never said such a thing about Andy in my life, and I wouldn't for my right arm. extracted from armn.¹ < as lemmas
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