| 单词 | more ways to the wood than one |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmore ways to the wood than one h. more ways to the wood than one: different methods of attaining the same result (and similar phrases). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > by the instrumentality of [phrase] > different means to an end more ways to the wood than one1534 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 163 What I praye the hartily is there no mo but one way to come to them? or (as we say prouerbially in englysshe) bene there no mo wayes to the wood but one? 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv Ye tooke The wrong waie to wood. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L There be mo waies to the wood than one. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 64 Couetous men, which studie all the wayes to the wood to saue their money. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 74 There bee (as the Prouerbe sayeth) more wayes to the Wood then one. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. xvii. 27 There is several ways to the Wood besides one. 1774 Town & Country Mag. Feb. 86/1 As there are more ways to the wood than one, according to the old proverb; there are also many ways to wedlock. 1857 C. J. M. Alice Sherwin xxvi. 339 The king had been so highly exasperated as to call them fools, inquiring, with bitter irony, ‘If there were no more ways to the wood than one?’ 2001 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 14 May So there's more ways to the woods than one and more kinds of violence than personal violence. < as lemmas |
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