| 单词 | jack of both sides |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack of (also o') both sides Jack of (also o') both sides n. now rare (Australian) (a name for) a person who sides first with one party and then with an opposing one, or who professes support for opposing causes; often in to play Jack of (also o') both sides. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > temporizing or trimming > temporizer or trimmer Jack of both sides1554 mongrela1555 timeling1554 temporizer1555 time-taker1576 politique1581 time-server1583 time-pleaser1590 time observer1594 temporist1596 please-time1606 timist1614 timorist?1623 trimmer1682 Vicar of Bray1725 timer1842 1554 ‘Eusebius Pamphilus’ in tr. M. Luther Faithful Admon. True Pastor & Prophete (new ed.) sig. D.iii (margin) Wynchester a wethercocke & a Iacke of both sides. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 338 That he hath won this universal good will by the vice of playing Jack of both sides. 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 59 He was a papist, a jack o' both sides. 1834 T. Hood Tylney Hall (1835) xii. 65 These discussions, by the help of Jack-of-both-sides, generally ended as drawn games. 1928 Newcastle (New S. Wales) Morning Herald 19 Jan. 7/1 (advt.) Vote No. 1 Cornish..If you do not believe in a Jack of Both Sides, with influence with neither. 1934 Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 8 Sept. 3/6 The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) has been picked ‘Jack of both sides’, as he is an old player both of the Stanley and Smithton cricket clubs. < as lemmas |
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