单词 | not one foot of |
释义 | > as lemmasnot one (or a) foot of b. In various expressions with the sense ‘a very short distance or space; the least amount’. Frequently in negative constructions, as not one (or a) foot of. Also in †each foot: all the way (obsolete).In quot. OE in negative construction in phrase fōtes trem (not) a foot's length. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > a short distance wurpc950 stepc1000 footc1300 furlong wayc1384 stone-casta1387 straw brede14.. tinec1420 weec1420 field-breadth1535 field-broad1535 pair of butts1545 straw-breadth1577 stone's throw1581 way-bit?1589 space1609 piece1612 littlea1616 spirt1670 a spit and a stride1676 hair's breadth1706 rope's length1777 biscuit throw1796 a whoop and a holler1815 biscuit toss1836 biscuit cast1843 stone-shot1847 pieceway1886 stone-put1896 pitch-and-putt1925 pieceways1932 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adverb] > to the end of a journey each footc1300 throughc1450 thorougha1475 OE Beowulf (2008) 2525 Nelle ic beorges weard oferfleon fotes trem.] c1300 St. James Great (Laud) l. 221 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 40 (MED) I nelle anne fot fram him gon. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7524 Forth a fote ne moght he ga. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15391 Fra þan he ran him ilk fote, ne yode he noght þe pas. a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) l. 520 (MED) To day, þat fleþe any fote, þe fende haue his soule. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 239 He durst goo no fote Lest they wold hyme sle. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. ii. 22 Ile starue ere ile rob a foote further. View more context for this quotation 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 92 He doth renew his battery, and stands too't, And she Vyrago-like, yeelds not a foote. 1666 W. Sutherland Declar. in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1721) I. App. xv. 102 If ye come one Foot further here, I shall rash my Pike through your Soul. 1714 J. Blanch Beaux Merchant iii. 45 If any Man stir a Foot farther, I will break his Head with a Bottle. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1772) V. ix. 194 He chose the Israelites, poor vagrants who had not a foot of ground of their own. a1800 Lizie Lindsay in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1892) IV. viii. 265 Bonnie Lizie..a fit furder couldna win. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxxi. 682 There is not a foot of regular turnpike..in the entire Territory. 1923 Boys' Life Jan. 12/2 Not a foot of the Atchafalaya levee showed against the spring-green trees. 1970 New York 26 Oct. 46/2 Not one foot of public gallery space has been added since 1926. 2009 J. C. Nelson Remains Company D xiii. 222 From that point onward, the German army would gain not one foot more of French soil. < as lemmas |
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