| 单词 | the ten commandments |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe ten commandments 3. slang. the ten commandments: the ten fingernails or ‘claws’ (esp. of a woman). In frequent use c1600; in modern writers chiefly after Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail hand naileOE fingernaila1250 onglec1436 the ten commandments?1544 talons1594 unguicule1694 flesh-spades1749 ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. E.iv I beseche hym that hye syttes, Thy wyfes .x. commaundementes may serch thy .v. wittes. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 i. iii. 145 Could I come neare your daintie vissage with my nayles, Ide set my ten commandments in your face. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iv. ii Fearing she would set her ten commandments in my face. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe v. sig. I Your Harpy..set his ten commandements vpon my backe. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 125 I'll set my ten commandments in the face o' the first loon that lays a finger on him. View more context for this quotation 1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xx. 322 I'll write the ten commandments on your face. 1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student iii. v. 146 In with you, and be busy with the ten commandments, under the sly. < as lemmas |
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