英语词汇“a cup too low”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. (See also sense 10) between (or betwixt) the cup and the lip: while a thing is yet in hand and on the very point of being achieved. (Now usually there's many a slip between cup and lip, etc.) †such cup, such cover, also †such a cup, such a cruse: implying similarity between two persons related in some way. †cup and can: constant or familiar associates (the can being the large vessel from which the cup is filled). a cup too low: see quots.

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1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.viij^v Many thynges fall betwene the cuppe and the mouth.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iii. sig. Gii^v Mery we were as cup and can coulde holde.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Qiij Suche a cuppe, suche a cruse. She would not depart from hyr own.

?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 132 As for your doctours..they are lyke your selfe, as the adage goeth, suche cuppe suche cover.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A Cup too low, when any of the Company are mute or pensive.

1730 J. Swift Libel on Doctor D——ny 2 You and he are Cup and Cann.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough i. ii If the devil don't step between the cup and the lip.

1801 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1802) 5 305 He must..be cup and can with sextons and grave-diggers.

1864 W. H. Ainsworth John Law I. Prol. x. 118 You're a cup too low. A glass of claret will make you feel more cheerful.

1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. xii. 256 A whole series of slips between the cup and the lip!

单词	a cup too low
释义	> as lemmas a cup too low P1. (See also sense 10) between (or betwixt) the cup and the lip: while a thing is yet in hand and on the very point of being achieved. (Now usually there's many a slip between cup and lip, etc.) †such cup, such cover, also †such a cup, such a cruse: implying similarity between two persons related in some way. †cup and can: constant or familiar associates (the can being the large vessel from which the cup is filled). a cup too low: see quots. ΚΠ 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.viij^v Many thynges fall betwene the cuppe and the mouth. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iii. sig. Gii^v Mery we were as cup and can coulde holde. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Qiij Suche a cuppe, suche a cruse. She would not depart from hyr own. ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 132 As for your doctours..they are lyke your selfe, as the adage goeth, suche cuppe suche cover. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew A Cup too low, when any of the Company are mute or pensive. 1730 J. Swift Libel on Doctor D——ny 2 You and he are Cup and Cann. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough i. ii If the devil don't step between the cup and the lip. 1801 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1802) 5 305 He must..be cup and can with sextons and grave-diggers. 1864 W. H. Ainsworth John Law I. Prol. x. 118 You're a cup too low. A glass of claret will make you feel more cheerful. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. xii. 256 A whole series of slips between the cup and the lip! extracted from cupn. < as lemmas
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