| 单词 | gilded cage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgilded cage gilded cage n. a luxurious but restrictive environment or situation. [The expression apparently recalls an existing literary commonplace of a cage made of or adorned with gold; compare e.g.: c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 64 Al though his Cage of gold be neuer so gay Yet hath this bryd..Leuere in a Forest þt is rude and cold Gon ete wormes. a1500 (?a1410) J. Lydgate Churl & Bird (Lansd.) l. 93 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 472 And thouh my cage forged were of gold, And the pynaclis of berel & cristall, I remembre a prouerbe seid of old, ‘Who lesith his fredam, in soth, he lesith all.’ 1594 T. Stocker tr. G. Du Vair Holy Loue Heauenly Wisdome 69 Surely, all these goods which bring with them nothing else but sorrow and griefe..are nothing else but a cage of gold, and a prison of siluer vnto their maisters. ΚΠ 1693 J. Mackqueen Magistrat's Dignity, Duty, & Danger 5 The Palace is but a stately Prison, or a gilded Cage, [and] they Sleep more soundly..who dwell in Cottages. 1799 G. Walker Vagabond I. viii. 180 Her soul was not to be confined in a gilded cage, and she would not bow to the bashaw dictates of a master. 1880 Catholic World July 466 She was unhappy, and..the luxury by which she was now surrounded was at best for her but a gilded cage. 1908 N. Amer. Rev. July 42 She is..unable to decide that she has the strength to exchange for liberty and poverty the gilded cage in which she is imprisoned. 1960 Wall Street Jrnl. 18 Jan. 12/3 In Communist ruled countries..the successful writer..who toes the line..is kept in a gilded cage. 2015 Yorks. Evening Post (Nexis) 20 Nov. The album's sweetest moment..is filled with reflections on being trapped in fame's gilded cage. < as lemmas |
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