| 单词 | mouth-honour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmouth-honour ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 29 Honor, Loue, Obedience..I must not looke to haue: but in their steed, Curses,..Mouth-honor . View more context for this quotation 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. v. 84/1 The Highest in rank, at length, without honour from the Lowest; scarcely, with a little mouth-honour, as from tavern-waiters who expect to put it in the bill. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 157 The mouth-honor paid to poverty and obedience by rich and insubordinate do-nothings. 1933 Speculum 8 301 Let us think of other moral ideals of the Middle Ages... In no age were wisdom and learning paid more mouth-honor. < as lemmas |
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