英语词汇“let the cobbler stick to his last”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Proverb let the cobbler stick to his last [compare post-classical Latin ne sutor ultra crepidam (1514 in Erasmus), variant of classical Latin ne supra crepidam sutor ‘the shoemaker should not venture beyond the sandal’ (Pliny, Nat. Hist. 35. 85), from a story of a shoemaker who criticized the artist Apelles for his depiction of a sandal, and then, when the artist corrected it, ventured to correct him on his depiction of a leg] and variants, and allusions to this. to stick (also keep) to one's last: to confine oneself exclusively to one's usual employment or sphere of expertise.

ΚΠ

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. ii. 38 That's as much to say, as the Taylor must meddle with his Laste .

1605 T. Heywood If you know not Me sig. C2^v Shoomaker, you goe alittle beyond your last.

1616 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. (rev. ed.) 567 Cobler keepe your last.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxxv. 197 The Cobler is not to go beyond his Last.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 242 Let not the Cobler go beyond his last... Taken from the famous story of Apelles, who could not bear that the Cobler should correct any part of his Picture beyond the Slipper.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1777) IV. ii. xiii. 97 Then let the shoemaker keep to his last, and leave the interpretation of scripture doctrines to us, who have made it the business of our lives to understand them.

1841 R. A. Davenport Lives Individuals who raised themselves from Poverty 223 The change which was brought about in Lackington and his friends..diverted them from licentious pursuits, and made them stick to their lasts.

1868 W. Clift Tim Bunker Papers lix I understand the use of a plow..better than the use of a pen..remembering the old saw ‘Let the cobbler stick to his last’.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 45 Great evil may arise from the cobbler leaving his last and turning into..a legislator.

1914 O. Lowe Lit. for Children iii. i. 168 The inability of a man of talent always to keep to his last.

1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. i. 19 You're not a member of the University Press Syndic... Stick to your last.

2012 Sight & Sound Apr. 40/1 But there's nothing complacent in the way the Dardennes stick to their last.., and I can't imagine why we'd want to see them doing something markedly out of character.

单词	let the cobbler stick to his last
释义	> as lemmas let the cobbler stick to his last c. Proverb let the cobbler stick to his last [compare post-classical Latin ne sutor ultra crepidam (1514 in Erasmus), variant of classical Latin ne supra crepidam sutor ‘the shoemaker should not venture beyond the sandal’ (Pliny, Nat. Hist. 35. 85), from a story of a shoemaker who criticized the artist Apelles for his depiction of a sandal, and then, when the artist corrected it, ventured to correct him on his depiction of a leg] and variants, and allusions to this. to stick (also keep) to one's last: to confine oneself exclusively to one's usual employment or sphere of expertise. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. ii. 38 That's as much to say, as the Taylor must meddle with his Laste . View more context for this quotation 1605 T. Heywood If you know not Me sig. C2^v Shoomaker, you goe alittle beyond your last. 1616 W. Clerk Withals's Dict. Eng. & Lat. (rev. ed.) 567 Cobler keepe your last. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxxv. 197 The Cobler is not to go beyond his Last. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 242 Let not the Cobler go beyond his last... Taken from the famous story of Apelles, who could not bear that the Cobler should correct any part of his Picture beyond the Slipper. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1777) IV. ii. xiii. 97 Then let the shoemaker keep to his last, and leave the interpretation of scripture doctrines to us, who have made it the business of our lives to understand them. 1841 R. A. Davenport Lives Individuals who raised themselves from Poverty 223 The change which was brought about in Lackington and his friends..diverted them from licentious pursuits, and made them stick to their lasts. 1868 W. Clift Tim Bunker Papers lix I understand the use of a plow..better than the use of a pen..remembering the old saw ‘Let the cobbler stick to his last’. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 45 Great evil may arise from the cobbler leaving his last and turning into..a legislator. 1914 O. Lowe Lit. for Children iii. i. 168 The inability of a man of talent always to keep to his last. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. i. 19 You're not a member of the University Press Syndic... Stick to your last. 2012 Sight & Sound Apr. 40/1 But there's nothing complacent in the way the Dardennes stick to their last.., and I can't imagine why we'd want to see them doing something markedly out of character. extracted from lastn.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	θ37043 θ37044 θ37045 θ37046 θ37047 θ37048 θ37049 θ3705 θ37050 θ37051 θ37052 θ37053 θ37054 θ37055 θ37056 θ37057 θ37058 θ37059 θ3706 θ37060 θ37061 θ37062 θ37063 θ37064 θ37065

> as lemmas