单词 | a lion in the way |
释义 | > as lemmasa lion in the way (or path) b. a lion in the way (or path): after Proverbs xxvi. 13, applied to a danger or obstacle, esp. an imaginary one. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > imaginary a lion in the way (or path)1641 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 75 They fear'd not the bug-bear danger, nor the Lyon in the way that the sluggish and timorous Politician thinks he sees. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 136 There be both Mountains, and Lyons in the way. 1868 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 191 655 You have always..lions in the path; but I will not dignify them with the name of lions—they are hobgoblins. 1869 Ld. Tennyson Holy Grail 643 I have been the sluggard, and I ride apace, For now there is a lion in the way. < as lemmas |
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