英语词汇“the nearer the bone the sweeter the meat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. In proverbs and phrases, esp. the nearer (also closer) the bone the sweeter the meat.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 315^v Þe nerre þe bone, þe swetter is the fleissh.]

1778 B. Franklin Writings (1906) VIII. 258 We all agree the nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.

1793 L. Hopkins et al. in Echo No. xi. in Amer. Mercury 25 Feb. 1/2 Yet, 'tis in politicks a maxim known, That those who've had the meat should pick the bone.

1807 C. I. M. Dibdin Mirth & Metre 88 May Jack Ketch bone all who would not let us eat, For ‘the nearer the bone, why the sweeter the meat’.

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 515 Meat, the nearer the bone the sweeter the, a..low catch-phrase applied by men to a thin woman.

1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise i. 20 In spite of their poverty and the worry and anxiety attending it, they were not unhappy, and, though poor, there was nothing sordid about their lives. ‘The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat’, they used to say.

1979 ‘Trevanian’ Shibumi i. 38 A little skinny..for my taste, but, like my ol' daddy used to say: the closer the bone, the sweeter the meat.

单词	the nearer the bone the sweeter the meat
释义	> as lemmas the nearer (also closer) the bone the sweeter the meat d. In proverbs and phrases, esp. the nearer (also closer) the bone the sweeter the meat. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 315^v Þe nerre þe bone, þe swetter is the fleissh.] 1778 B. Franklin Writings (1906) VIII. 258 We all agree the nearer the bone the sweeter the meat. 1793 L. Hopkins et al. in Echo No. xi. in Amer. Mercury 25 Feb. 1/2 Yet, 'tis in politicks a maxim known, That those who've had the meat should pick the bone. 1807 C. I. M. Dibdin Mirth & Metre 88 May Jack Ketch bone all who would not let us eat, For ‘the nearer the bone, why the sweeter the meat’. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 515 Meat, the nearer the bone the sweeter the, a..low catch-phrase applied by men to a thin woman. 1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise i. 20 In spite of their poverty and the worry and anxiety attending it, they were not unhappy, and, though poor, there was nothing sordid about their lives. ‘The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat’, they used to say. 1979 ‘Trevanian’ Shibumi i. 38 A little skinny..for my taste, but, like my ol' daddy used to say: the closer the bone, the sweeter the meat. extracted from meatn. < as lemmas
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