| 单词 | the higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail (also arse, etc.) (b) the higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail (also arse, etc.) and variants. ΚΠ ?a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Claud.) (1850) Prov. iii. 35 Gloss. The filthe of the hyndrere partis of an ape aperith more, whanne he stieth an hiȝ.] c1594 F. Bacon Promus of Fourmes & Elegancyes (Harl. 7017) in E. Durning-Lawrence Bacon is Shake-Spare (1910) 239 He doth like the ape that the higher he clymbes the more he shews his ars. 1658 J. Jones in tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis Comm. 42 Advancement shews the man; the higher the Ape climbs, the more she shews her naked parts. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. iii. xviii. 266 And what care I? added Sanchica; let who will say, when they see me step it stately and bridle it, The higher the monkey climbs, the more he exposes his bald buttocks. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 3 (note) The higher you climb, the more you shew your A—. 1779 Gentleman's & London Mag. July 396/2 The higher he [sc. a monkey] climbs, the more he exposes what modesty and decency would teach him to hide. 1814 R. Bland Proverbs I. 153 ‘Tu fai come la simia, che piu va in alto, piu mostra il cula,’ that is, ‘an ape, the higher he climbs, the more he shews his tail.’ 1853 Eclectic Med. Jrnl. Feb. 73 The higher the monkey climbs the pole The more he shows his tail. 1951 Life 17 Sept. 164/2 Invited to judge a Yale-Harvard debate.., he politely begged off... ‘I turned [it] down..on the theory that the higher a monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.’ 1996 B. Bailey Taping Whores xxii. 332 ‘The higher you climb, the more you show your ass,’ Haug muttered in good humour. < as lemmas |
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