英语词汇“a similitude does not run on four feet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†c. In a similitude does not run on four feet [after post-classical Latin non omnis similitudo currit quatuor pedibus (14th cent.)] and variants: used to convey the idea that a comparison drawn between two things which are not identical should not be pushed too far. Also in allusions to this proverb. Cf. to be (also stand, etc.) on all fours at all fours n. 2b. Obsolete.

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1607 G. Powel Reioynder vnto Mild Defence in De Adiaphoris v. 138 The Defender is not ignorant, that Similitudes runne not with foure feete, as the Prouerbe is.

1695 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 87 If..this very place was a Temple of Jupiter Belus, the Similitude will run upon all Four.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. lxxvi Similitudes, even when they are taken from Asses, do not walk upon All Four.

1703 Special Medit. conc. Good Lett. & Good Manners 17 For no similitude (they say) runs upon four feet; meaning that when two things are compared together, there is not all manner of likeness found between them.

1731 Divine Personality Christ Defended 24 I'll venture to affirm the logical Maxim..that a Similitude does not run on four Feet, is more than verify'd here.

1814 R. Rush Let. 20 Apr. in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1937) 61 45 Sir, if Mr J. Adams..would obtain for us beforehand as opportune a loan as you did, it would add to the value of his services, and go nearer towards putting the similitude upon all fours.

a1881 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) i. iii. 27 Similitudes that have to flounder along on three legs, flourishing the fourth by way of accompaniment.

单词	a similitude does not run on four feet
释义	> as lemmas a similitude does not run on four feet †c. In a similitude does not run on four feet [after post-classical Latin non omnis similitudo currit quatuor pedibus (14th cent.)] and variants: used to convey the idea that a comparison drawn between two things which are not identical should not be pushed too far. Also in allusions to this proverb. Cf. to be (also stand, etc.) on all fours at all fours n. 2b. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1607 G. Powel Reioynder vnto Mild Defence in De Adiaphoris v. 138 The Defender is not ignorant, that Similitudes runne not with foure feete, as the Prouerbe is. 1695 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 19 87 If..this very place was a Temple of Jupiter Belus, the Similitude will run upon all Four. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. lxxvi Similitudes, even when they are taken from Asses, do not walk upon All Four. 1703 Special Medit. conc. Good Lett. & Good Manners 17 For no similitude (they say) runs upon four feet; meaning that when two things are compared together, there is not all manner of likeness found between them. 1731 Divine Personality Christ Defended 24 I'll venture to affirm the logical Maxim..that a Similitude does not run on four Feet, is more than verify'd here. 1814 R. Rush Let. 20 Apr. in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1937) 61 45 Sir, if Mr J. Adams..would obtain for us beforehand as opportune a loan as you did, it would add to the value of his services, and go nearer towards putting the similitude upon all fours. a1881 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) i. iii. 27 Similitudes that have to flounder along on three legs, flourishing the fourth by way of accompaniment. extracted from similituden. < as lemmas
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