英语词汇“to blow one's nails”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†b. to blow (on) one's nails: to wait; to mark time; to be unable to do anything useful. Cf. to twiddle one's thumbs at twiddle v.¹ 2c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > cause to be idle or inactive [verb (transitive)] > occupy oneself triflingly with > kill (time or a period)

to blow (on) one's nails1566

to spin out1608

murder1700

kill1728

to bite one's nails1883

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1211 Lat us kepe oure stronge-walled townys untyll they have hunger and colde, and blow on their nayles.]

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Eiij All the reaste might blow their nayles.

1593 R. Bancroft Suruay Holy Discipline 194 They maie shutte the dore: but for openinge of it they maie blowe their nailes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 107 Their loue is not so great..but we may blow our nails together, and fast it fairely out.

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 246 So that the King for any thing, that he has to do in these Matters, may sit and blow his Nails, for use them otherwise, he cannot.

1798 W. Cobbett Porcupine's Wks. (1801) VIII. 11 So that our Envoys..were suffered..to blow their nails from the 27th of September to the 8th of October.

单词	to blow one's nails
释义	> as lemmas to blow (on) one's nails †b. to blow (on) one's nails: to wait; to mark time; to be unable to do anything useful. Cf. to twiddle one's thumbs at twiddle v.¹ 2c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > cause to be idle or inactive [verb (transitive)] > occupy oneself triflingly with > kill (time or a period) to blow (on) one's nails1566 to spin out1608 murder1700 kill1728 to bite one's nails1883 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1211 Lat us kepe oure stronge-walled townys untyll they have hunger and colde, and blow on their nayles.] 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Eiij All the reaste might blow their nayles. 1593 R. Bancroft Suruay Holy Discipline 194 They maie shutte the dore: but for openinge of it they maie blowe their nailes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 107 Their loue is not so great..but we may blow our nails together, and fast it fairely out. View more context for this quotation a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 246 So that the King for any thing, that he has to do in these Matters, may sit and blow his Nails, for use them otherwise, he cannot. 1798 W. Cobbett Porcupine's Wks. (1801) VIII. 11 So that our Envoys..were suffered..to blow their nails from the 27th of September to the 8th of October. extracted from nailn. < as lemmas
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