| 单词 | between hawk and buzzard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbetween hawk and buzzard b. between hawk and buzzard: (see quot. 1662). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [phrase] between hawk and buzzard1637 among the middlings1885 nothing to write home about1914 1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 226 [To] awake him thus between Hawk and Buzzard. 1662 Janua Ling. §146 Between hawk and buzzard, means between a good thing and a bad of the same kind: the hawk being the true sporting bird, the buzzard a heavy lazy fowl of the same species. 1775 N. Cresswell Jrnl. (1924) 147 We are between Hawk and Buzzard. 1813 J. K. Paulding Diverting Hist. John Bull & Brother Jonathan (1835) xix. 87 He..was between hawk and buzzard, as they say. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn (1860) 17 I entered Richmond between hawk and buzzard [= at twilight]. 1894 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (1895) 193 Between hawk and buzzard. Not quite a lady or gentleman, nor quite a servant. Applied to tutors in private houses [etc.]. 1904 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 12 July 4 The intelligence of the Commonwealth found itself literally between hawk and buzzard. It hovered in the balance. < as lemmas |
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