| 单词 | a word and a blow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa word and a blow b. a word and a blow: a brief utterance of anger or defiance, followed immediately by the delivery of a blow, as the beginning of a fight; frequently in extended use with reference to (a tendency to) prompt, sudden, or impulsive (esp. aggressive) action. Sometimes in predicative use, esp. of a person; also attributive, as word-and-a-blow man, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > quickly or promptly > referring to prompt or sudden action a word and a blow1563 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > sudden a word and a blow1563 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > sudden > one who a word and a blow1563 1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike f. xiii This kyng Richard was..of minde vnquiet, pregnaunt of witte, quicke and liuely, a worde and a blowe, wilie, deceiptfull, proude, arrogant in life and cogitacion bloodie. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. K2 There entred such a hotspurd plague as hath not been heard of: why it was but a word and a blow, Lord haue mercie vpon vs, and he was gone. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 37 Tyb: Gentlemen a word with one of you. Mer: But one word with one of vs? You had best couple it with somewhat, and make it a word and a blow . View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 178 He's but a word and a blowe. 1714 S. Centlivre Wonder v. 77 A Pox take his Fists.—Egad, these Brittons are but a Word and a Blow. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxvi. 188 My cousins are grieved [at my going so soon]: They did not expect that I would be a word and a blow, as they phrase it. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto III xlviii. 27 With him it never was a word and blow, His angry word once o'er, he shed no blood. 1840 F. Trollope Michael Armstrong iv. 92 Mr. Joseph Parsons had a Napoleon-like promptitude of action, which the unlearned operatives described by calling him ‘a word-and-a-blow man’. 1847 G. F. Ruxton Adventures Mexico & Rocky Mts. xxvii. 242 Firm friends and bitter enemies, with them it is ‘a word and a blow’. 1929 Times 24 Jan. 14/3 His business life was spent as a merchant at Blackwall, beginning at a time when a word and a blow were the order of the day. 1931 D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings vi. 61 Jock Graham—a harum-scarum, word-and-a-blow fellow if ever there was one. Clever, too. 1978 G. A. Craig Germany 1866–1945 v. 156 His [sc. Bismarck's] relations with the Catholics were always at a word and a blow. < as lemmas |
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