英语词汇“as sib as sieve and riddle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

† Proverb. Chiefly Scottish. as sib as sieve and riddle (that both grew in a wood) and variants: closely related; very similar in kind or character. In later use chiefly sarcastically: not related at all; very different. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).With the implication that both implements are made of wood from the same tree.A sieve is usually distinguished from a riddle by having finer meshes; cf. sieve n. 1a, riddle n.² 1a.Cf. quot. 1674 at sibbed adj., which may suggest use also in Cheshire.

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?1507 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 90 I callit my lord my heid, but hiddill... We weir als sib as seue and riddill.

1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 28 Dieu gard, sir king... I am to ȝow als sib as seif is to ane riddil.

a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 199 Als sib as seive and riddle that grew baith in a wod.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xiii. 302 As like being akin to a peatship and a sheriffdom, as a sieve is sib to a riddle.

1832 E. Duros Otterbourne I. iii. 51 ‘Ye sud'na grudge a civility to Pete Ormniston. Why, man, there's kin 'atween us.’ ‘Humph! Aye! Ye're sib as sieve and riddle, that grew i' the same wood together, I fancy,’ said Linny, with a sneer.

单词	as sib as sieve and riddle
释义	> as lemmas as sib as sieve and riddle (that both grew in a wood) † Proverb. Chiefly Scottish. as sib as sieve and riddle (that both grew in a wood) and variants: closely related; very similar in kind or character. In later use chiefly sarcastically: not related at all; very different. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).With the implication that both implements are made of wood from the same tree.A sieve is usually distinguished from a riddle by having finer meshes; cf. sieve n. 1a, riddle n.² 1a.Cf. quot. 1674 at sibbed adj., which may suggest use also in Cheshire. ΚΠ ?1507 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 90 I callit my lord my heid, but hiddill... We weir als sib as seue and riddill. 1603 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Charteris) (1920) 28 Dieu gard, sir king... I am to ȝow als sib as seif is to ane riddil. a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 199 Als sib as seive and riddle that grew baith in a wod. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xiii. 302 As like being akin to a peatship and a sheriffdom, as a sieve is sib to a riddle. 1832 E. Duros Otterbourne I. iii. 51 ‘Ye sud'na grudge a civility to Pete Ormniston. Why, man, there's kin 'atween us.’ ‘Humph! Aye! Ye're sib as sieve and riddle, that grew i' the same wood together, I fancy,’ said Linny, with a sneer. extracted from sibadj.n.² < as lemmas
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