单词 | passage of arms |
释义 | > as lemmaspassage of (also at) arms 15. In later use more fully passage of (also at) arms. An exchange of blows between two combatants; a duel, a fight. Also figurative: a verbal altercation or dispute. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of > a hostile encounter encounter1297 counterc1330 brusha1400 recountering1410 recountera1470 encountering1482 re-encounter1525 re-encountry1569 passage1608 congression?1611 confronta1626 traverse1640 clash1646 congress1646 conjunction1648 head-to-head1899 go-around1912 mano a mano1950 face-off1956 bitchfest1985 1608 G. Chapman Byrons Conspiracie i. i We should not set these passages of Splene Twixt Spaine and Sauoy; to the weaker part, More good by suffrance growes, than deedes of heart. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. I. 237 You haue your passages, and imbroccata's in courtship. ?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 145 Wh[itelocke]..acquainted him with all the passages, & he..laying his hand uppon his sword, [etc.]. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xiv. 287 We drink this beaker..to the health of Wilfred of Ivanhoe, champion of this passage of arms. 1885 Manch. Examiner 21 Mar. 6/2 The most interesting part of the debate was a smart passage at arms between his Grace and Lord Bramwell. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 160 There had been that little passage before dinner; there had been just a shade of friction about her smoking. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 596 The listeners..followed the passage of arms with interest so long as they didn't indulge in recriminations and come to blows. 1988 M. Ivins in Ms. Nov. 19/3 There was an interesting passage-at-arms involving George Bush's sister. < as lemmas |
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