| 单词 | in safe hands |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also into) safe hands (ii) in (also into) safe hands: = in (also into) good hands at Phrases 1f(e)(i). Cf. safe hand n. ΚΠ 1622 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VI. N.T. iii. 384 That so much strength, met with so much malice, hath not preuailed against vs: In spight of both we are in safe hands. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 87 For where are all your Forfeitures, Intrusted in safe hands but ours? 1719 D. Defoe Robinson Crusoe I. 340 My Interest in the Brasils seem'd to summon me thither, but now I could not tell, how to think of going thither, 'till I had steeled my affairs, and left my Effects in some safe Hands behind me. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. x. 189 As we have now brought Sophia into safe Hands, the Reader will, I apprehend, be content to deposite her there a while. View more context for this quotation a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iii. 41 Your interest, Sir Walter, is in pretty safe hands. View more context for this quotation 1849 P. H. Myers Young Patroon vii. 81 I find that I have a few thousand pounds more than I require, which I should like to put into safe hands for investment. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Lost World vii. 99 You are in safe hands. you will not now fail to reach your destination. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 43 343 It is evident that the great tradition of French learning in the field of international juridical studies..is still in safe hands. 2001 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 2 Apr. Manager Sandy Clark feels the future of St Johnstone is in safe hands after his young stars proved their worth with a 2-0 victory over Hibs. < as lemmas |
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