单词 | in the sun |
释义 | > as lemmasin the sun (a) Free from care or sorrow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > free from trouble, care, or sorrow [phrase] at easec1330 at (a) quiet1603 in the sun1604 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > [adverb] in the sun1604 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 67 King. How is it that the clowdes still hang on you. Ham. Not so my Lord, I am too much in the sonne. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. v. 36 Who doth ambition shunne, and loues to liue i' th Sunne . View more context for this quotation (b) Exposed to public view. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1657 J. Owen Of Schisme i. 14 It is ludicrously said of Physitians, the Effects of their skill lye in the Sunne, but their mistakes are covered in the Church-yard. (c) one's place in the sun and variants: (originally) an individual share in those things to which all have a right; (subsequently) a favourable or advantageous situation or position, prominence. [Probably ultimately after French sa place au soleil one's place in the sun, one's spot in the sunlight (used symbolically for the concept of ownership) ( B. Pascal Pensées (a1662) §53); in early use in political contexts via German Platz an der Sonne (1897 in the passage translated in quot. 1897).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > individual share in one's place in the sun1901 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > what is fitting > share in that to which all have right one's place in the sun1901 the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a share > one's due share > of those things to which all have a right one's place in the sun1901 1897 tr. B. von Bülow in Times 7 Dec. 5/5 We desire to throw no one into the shade, but we also demand our own place in the sunlight [Ger. unseren Platz an der Sonne].] 1901 tr. Kaiser Wilhelm II in Times 20 June 5/4 We have..fought for our place in the sun [Ger. den Platz an der Sonne] and have won it. It will be my business to see that we retain this place in the sun unchallenged, so that the rays of that sun may exert a fructifying influence upon our foreign trade and traffic. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon i. iii. 22 Five million pounds spent on the organised travel of a hundred thousand working men..would infect the working class with a feverish desire for a place in the sun. The world is their children's for the taking. 1928 C. R. Longwell in Theory Continental Drift (Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists) 145 Perhaps the very completeness of this iconoclasm, this rebellion against the established order, has served to gain for the new hypothesis a place in the sun. 1967 V. Lincoln Private Disgrace (1968) iii. 37 Lizzie longed for a place in the sun. But..her longing for popularity was self-defeating. 2016 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 19 July We should let them [sc. our young] find their place in the sun and at the pace they find comfortable. (d) one's (also a, etc.) day (also moment, time, etc.) in the sun: the point at (or period during) which a person or thing achieves the greatest success, attention, or public acclaim, or is vindicated or properly appreciated. ΚΠ 1923 Washington Post 26 Aug. 21/1 Fall brides will have their day in the sun despite the manifold attractions of the debutante bouquet. 1924 Washington Post 8 July 5/4 Mayor Maloney..has his moment in the sun when North Dakota gives him a vote. 1962 N.Y. Times 11 June e12/2 As shrubs,..choke cherries have no distinction... But right now, in full bloom, they are beautiful. This is their time in the sun, their one brief span of glory. 1976 Newsweek (Nexis) 15 Nov. (Election Special section) 23 He [has]..a slender mandate, untried skills at statecraft, and eleven weeks to prepare himself for his day in the sun. 1996 G. Blair & S. Meadows Real-life Guide to Organizational Change i. 3 Even highly successful organizations need to change as their time in the sun is ever-shortening. 2001 My Business May 20/1 After enduring years of ridicule as dullards who just didn't ‘get it’, those who warned of an Internet bubble are having their day in the sun. 2014 M. Gilbert Sheet Pan Suppers 5/2 I'll occasionally call for unfiltered coconut oil (which is healthy and deliciously sweet, and is currently having a moment in the sun). < as lemmas |
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