| 单词 | may your shadow never grow less! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmay your shadow never grow (be) less! b. Phrases, to be afraid of one's own shadow: to be unreasonably timorous. may your shadow never grow (be) less! may you keep on increasing (in prosperity)! [A Persian phrase.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > be timorous [phrase] > be unreasonably timorous to be afraid of one's own shadow1569 the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > wish for another's prosperity for the state of1395 may your shadow never grow (be) less!1824 floreat1888 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 659 Whether shee were afrayed of her awne shadowe..the truth is, that the whole army returned to their Shippes. 1824 J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba II. xxviii. 64 ‘May his shadow never be less’, said another. 1863 R. F. Burton Wanderings W. Afr. I. 9 (note) The little fleet—may its shadow never be less!—began with chartered ships. 1887 Referee 2 Jan. (Cass.) The recipients hope..that Sara's shadow may never grow less. < as lemmas |
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