英语词汇“give a man enough rope and he will hang himself”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to give a person rope (also enough rope, plenty of rope, etc.) to hang himself: to allow a person enough freedom of action to bring about his or her own downfall. Frequently as proverb give a man enough rope and he will hang himself (and variants).

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1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. vii. 239 Suffered to have rope enough, till they had haltered themselves in a Præmunire.

1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 67 Give our Commentator but Rope, and he hangs himself.

1698 in William & Mary Q. (1950) 7 106 The Kings prerogative..will be hard for his Successor to retrieve, though theres a saying give Men Rope enough, they will hang themselves.

1704 R. B. Devil Turn'd Limner To Rdr. sig. A3^v Give him Rope enough and he'll hang himself at last.

1855 Ld. Lonsdale in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxix. 323 You may regard it as only giving them rope to hang themselves!

1887 J. Hawthorne Tragic Myst. xiv Evidently, the best way..was to give him plenty of rope wherewith to hang himself.

1941 ‘G. Bagby’ Red is for Killing x. 251 ‘And if you give a man enough rope he hangs himself.’.. ‘If it's any comfort to you..you're not the only one's been getting rope.’

1998 Broadcast 16 Jan. 42/3 But Mortimer argues that his star reaches the same ends as the most ferocious interviewer through more subtle means. ‘Louis is not threatening, but he gives them enough rope to hang themselves.’

单词	give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
释义	> as lemmas give a man enough rope and he will hang himself b. to give a person rope (also enough rope, plenty of rope, etc.) to hang himself: to allow a person enough freedom of action to bring about his or her own downfall. Frequently as proverb give a man enough rope and he will hang himself (and variants). ΚΠ 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. vii. 239 Suffered to have rope enough, till they had haltered themselves in a Præmunire. 1687 E. Settle Refl. Dryden's Plays 67 Give our Commentator but Rope, and he hangs himself. 1698 in William & Mary Q. (1950) 7 106 The Kings prerogative..will be hard for his Successor to retrieve, though theres a saying give Men Rope enough, they will hang themselves. 1704 R. B. Devil Turn'd Limner To Rdr. sig. A3^v Give him Rope enough and he'll hang himself at last. 1855 Ld. Lonsdale in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxix. 323 You may regard it as only giving them rope to hang themselves! 1887 J. Hawthorne Tragic Myst. xiv Evidently, the best way..was to give him plenty of rope wherewith to hang himself. 1941 ‘G. Bagby’ Red is for Killing x. 251 ‘And if you give a man enough rope he hangs himself.’.. ‘If it's any comfort to you..you're not the only one's been getting rope.’ 1998 Broadcast 16 Jan. 42/3 But Mortimer argues that his star reaches the same ends as the most ferocious interviewer through more subtle means. ‘Louis is not threatening, but he gives them enough rope to hang themselves.’ extracted from ropen.¹ < as lemmas
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