| 单词 | to be a good hatch before the door |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be a good hatch before the door ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] to hold one's tonguec897 to keep one's tonguec897 to be (hold oneself) stilla1000 to say littleOE to hold one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to keep (one's) silence?c1225 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 stillc1330 peacec1395 mum1440 to say neither buff nor baff1481 to keep (also play) mum1532 to charm the tonguec1540 to have (also set, keep) a hatch before the door1546 hush1548 to play (at) mumbudgeta1564 not to say buff to a wolf's shadow1590 to keep a still tongue in one's head1729 to sing small1738 to sew up1785 let that fly stick in (or to) the wall1814 to say (also know) neither buff nor stye1824 to choke back1844 mumchance1854 to keep one's trap shut1899 to choke up1907 to belt up1949 to keep (or stay) shtum1958 shtum1958 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Diiv I would ye had kyst, well I will no more sturre, It is good to haue a hatche before the durre. c1555 R. Smith in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1262/1 Seing God hath geuen a tonge, And put it vnder power: The surest way is for to set A hatch before the doore. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 36v I wishe that euery rebuker shoulde place a hatch before the doore. 1582 A. Fleming tr. A. Autpertus Monomachie of Motiues v. 253 Now iudge if thou hadst not need set a hatch before thy tongue, that thou offend not in the same. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. D Tush (quoth his wife) profit is a good hatch before the doore. 1616 J. Davies Select Second Husband sig. C7v Its good to keepe a Hatch before the Dore. 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 8/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια It is good to have a hatch before the door. < as lemmas |
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