| 单词 | one hand for oneself and one for the ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone hand for oneself and one for the ship (also owners, company, etc.) f. Nautical. one hand for oneself and one for the ship (also owners, company, etc.): used proverbially with reference to the practice of holding on to a rope, etc., with one hand while working with the other hand. ΚΠ 1799 J. Sansom Let. 2 May in Port Folio (1812) 7 130 Always keep one hand for the owners, and one for yourself. 1902 B. Lubbock Round Horn 58 The old rule on a yard is, ‘one hand for yourself and one for the ship’, which means, hold on with one hand and work with the other. 1924 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn iii. 50 One hand for yourself and one for the owners. 1938 F. A. Worsley First Voy. in Square-rigged Ship 119 One hand for the Queen and one for yerself. 1968 L. Morton Long Wake i. 10 I did not know then the old adage ‘one hand for oneself and one hand for the company’. 2002 Japan Times (Nexis) 19 May I remembered the words of my dad, who was 27 years in the Royal Navy: ‘One hand for yourself, one hand for the navy.’ < as lemmas |
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