| 单词 | mother of parliaments |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMother of Parliaments Mother of Parliaments n. (originally) England; (later) the British Parliament. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [noun] Merry Englanda1400 rosec1460 south1641 perfidious Albion1798 perfide Albion1840 Mother of Parliaments1865 Little England1872 Blighty1900 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] High Courtc1300 parliamentc1390 Westminster1845 Mother of Parliaments1865 1865 J. Bright in Birmingham Daily Post 19 Jan. 5/1 We may be proud of this, that England is the ancient country of Parliaments... England is the mother of Parliaments. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 15/1 The early date at which the principle of self-government was established in England, the steady growth of the principle, the absence of civil dissension, and the preservation in the midst of change of so much of the old organization, have given its constitution a great influence over the ideas of politicians in other countries. This fact is expressed in the proverbial phrase—‘England is the mother of parliaments’. 1918 Daily Mirror 12 Nov. 6/2 Never has the Mother of Parliaments seen such a scene of enthusiasm as when Mr. Lloyd George read out the armistice terms yesterday. 1926 H. H. Asquith Fifty Years of Parl. II. vii. 228 The phrase had already become proverbial before it was used by Mr. Bright. It is a vulgar error to speak of the English Parliament as the ‘Mother of Parliaments’. 1974 Times 24 Aug. 2/4 France Soir..went on to explain why in the country of the ‘Mother of Parliaments’ social tension has grown. 1990 Country Life 24 May 112/3 Warm feelings about the mother of parliaments had been generated by British support for the Hungarians in their uprising of 1848. < as lemmas |
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