| 单词 | as clean as a leek |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas clean as a leek a. Proverbial and allusive phrases, referring to the colour of the leek, to its being the national emblem of the Welsh, etc. as clean as a leek (Scottish): perfectly, completely, entirely. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green thing > [noun] > typical green thing leek1362 society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > national ravenOE thistle1488 red cross1523 St George's cross1548 Britannia1605 red rose1618 British Lion1687 shamrock1712 leek1714 American eagle1782 rising sun1787 white horse1814 Bird of Freedom1825 Union Jack1847 maple leaf1860 meatball1919 red star1920 hammer and sickle1921 chakra1947 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 65 As a leek that hedde i-leiȝen longe in the sonne, So loked he, with lene chekes lourede he foule. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 212 Ful sad and caytif was she eek, And al-so grene as any leek. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 43 A lewid frere that men callen frere Daw Topias, as lewid as a leke. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 25 To haue an hoor heer and a grene tayl As hath a leek. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 7684 To his face she leid hir cheke She felt it cold as yse or leke. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciiiv Louers lyue by loue, ye as larks lyue by leekes. 1575 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Poems (1869) I. 137 His flecked cheekes, Nowe cherrye redde, nowe pale and greene as leekes. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. E3 Men..die for loue, when larkes die with leekes. 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore i. ii. 43 Tho my head be like a Leeke, white: may not my heart be like the blade, greene? 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week i. 83 Leek to the Welch, to Dutchmen Butter's dear. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 118 St. David, you know, loves Leeks, and toasted Cheese. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i For now, as clean's a leek, Ye've cherish'd me since ye began to speak. < as lemmas |
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