| 单词 | a cat may look at a king |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa cat may look at a king a. a cat may look at a king: there are certain things which an inferior may do in presence of a superior. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiii A cat maie looke on a king, ye know. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. Gv A Cat may looke at a King, and a swaynes eye hath as high a reach as a Lords looke. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) A Cat may look at a King. This is a saucy Proverb, generally made use of by pragmatical Persons. < as lemmas |
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