单词 | a man after one's own heart |
释义 | > as lemmasa man (also woman, etc.) after one's own heart a. after a person's (own) heart: sharing or according with a person's (own) tastes, views, or sympathies. Frequently in a man (also woman, etc.) after one's own heart (originally mainly after biblical use: cf. quot. a1425). ΚΠ eOEEfter heortan ðinre [see sense A. 7]. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 340 Ic afunde me Dauid, Iessan sunu, æfter minre heortan, se ðe minne willan mid weorcum gefremð. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 33 Ich habbe ifunden..mon efter min heorte. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deeds xiii. 22 Y haue foundun Dauid..a man aftir myn herte [L. secundum cor meum]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xiii. 14 The Lorde hath soughte him out a man after his owne hert. 1549 J. Ponet tr. B. Ochino Tragoedie Unjuste Usurped Primacie sig. X.ivv I wyll gyue hym a sonne..and..he shalbe one euen after myne own heart. 1604 J. Sanford Gods Arrowe of Pestilence 13 David, that sweete singer of Israell, & the man after Gods owne heart. 1642 W. Castell Iesuits Undermining of Parl. & Protestants 1 They had an Arrchbishop [sic] after their owne heart. 1714 S. Centlivre Wonder ii. 21 So! This is Business after my own Heart; Love always takes care to reward his Labourers. 1767 ‘A. Barton’ Disappointment ii. i. 37 She'd out face truth, and out brazen the devil; a girl after my own heart, faith. 1812 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. p. x He found Mr. Cook a man after his own heart—of great literary research, and a curious collector of books. 1883 M. W. Hungerford Rossmoyne I. vi. 120 I am going to give you a mission after your own heart. 1920 C. Carswell Open Door! i. vi. 95 He wanted to get back to Italy where there was work after his own heart for the asking. 1998 G. Phinn Other Side of Dale (1999) xviii. 197 A woman after my own heart. She doesn't stand any nonsense, I can tell you. 2005 M. E. Rodgers Mencken vi. 72 Mary Shaw, Mencken said, was a tradition-smasher after his own heart. < as lemmas |
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