| 单词 | the serpent's tongue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe serpent's tongue d. In proverbial and allusive phrases referring to the serpent's guile, treachery, or malignancy. †the serpent's tongue, popularly supposed to be the ‘sting’; allusively used for ‘venomous’ speech; also (nonce-use) for hissing. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > betrayer > [noun] serpentc1386 proditor1436 traditora1460 betrayer1526 tradenta1626 Iscariot1647 double-crosser1888 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > embodiment of serpentc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 286 Þe serpent þat so slyly crepith Vndyr þe gres & styngith subtyly. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xlix. 17 Dan be maad a serpent in the weie, and cerastes in the path. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) li. 93 This fals greek whiche counseylled them allewey to theyr dammage And was alway as the serpent emonge the elis. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 202 Dissaitfull tyrand with serpentis tung. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers 10 The Gentleman surprised with this sodaine ioye, and vnacquainted good speaches (not dreading that the Serpent laye hidden in the grasse)..assented. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream Epil. 11 Now to scape the Serpents tongue, We will make amends, ere long. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iii. 61 He is a very serpent in my way. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 65 Looke like th' innocent flower, But be the Serpent vnder't. View more context for this quotation 1647 A. Cowley Heart-breaking in Mistress ii The mighty Serpent Love, Cut by this chance in pieces small, In all still liv'd, and still it stung in all. < as lemmas |
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