| 单词 | keeper of a person's head |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskeeper of a person's head 3. The head as a part of the body essential to life; (hence) one's life, esp. with reference to the fact or danger of being killed. Sometimes also more generally: a person's physical safety or well-being, esp. as entrusted to another person (chiefly in keeper of a person's head, after quot. a1382).Frequently in various idiomatic phrases involving the idea of beheading, and often with literal reference to this. See also to lose one's head at Phrases 4j, to make (also cut, etc.) shorter by a head at Phrases 6a, heads will roll at roll v.2 Phrases 11. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > as possession headOE lifeOE heart-blood?c1225 innocent blood1382 heart's-blood1562 fanny1936 ass1948 butt1964 arse1970 OE Laws of Edgar (Nero E.i) iv. xi. 212 Gif..þæt leas bið, sy he þeof & þolige heafdes & ealles þæs þe he age. OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 34 Gif man ahwer ofaxian mihte þæt hi [sc. the Christians] manna ænig on genere heolde, þæt se wære his heafdes scyldig. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14049 Min hafued [c1300 Otho heued] beo to wedde þat isæid ich þe habbe. soð buten lese. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxviii. 2 I kepere of myn heuyd schal puttyn þee alle daies. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 21 (MED) Hym I haue made and deputid keper of my hede and of all thyng that parteyneth to me. a1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 205 Somtyme if that ielousye hit knewe They myghte lyghtly ley her hede to borow. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 109 He yat rebellis to the prince..suld be the law of armes tyne the hede. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clarence f. lxxvii The peril of my hed. 1620 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. V. O.T. xiv. 65 Achish dares trust Dauid on his side; yea, to keepe his head for euer. 1635 W. Jones Comm. Epist. St. Paul 520 She hazarded her owne life: if her house had beene searched, and the Spies found with her, it had cost her her head. a1704 T. Brown Dialogue Oxf. Schollars in Wks. (1707) I. i. 4 I'le wager my Head against thee. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. iv. 135 Many's the Man would have given his Head to have had my Lady told. View more context for this quotation 1822 A. M. Porter Roche-Blanche II. x. 417 Yet will I give my head to the block, instead of his, if need come! 1859 Hebrew Rev. 16 Dec. 133/2 Thou art the keeper of my head, and the watcher of my health. 1887 Princess Christian tr. Mem. Wilhelmine 142 Proofs enough against this scoundrel, Fritz, to cost him his head. 1928 N. Richardson Mother of Kings iii. 181 Poor fellow—it cost him his head, this and his friendship for Dubarry. 1999 J. Wood Broken Estate 1 He [sc. Sir Thomas More] is also seen as..an English Cicero of the pre-Reformation who nobly gave his head to forces beyond his control. < as lemmas |
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