| 单词 | to be beside the saddle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be beside the saddle b. to be beside the saddle and variants: to be beside the mark or point (cf. cushion n. 10b). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [verb (intransitive)] > be irrelevant to be beside the saddle1580 1580 A. Saker Narbonus ii. 47 You are beside the saddle, and haue missed your marke. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 36 This Doctor is besides the Saddle, what is now in use is not our enquiry. 1684 Lucian's Dialogues i. 17 Hold, hold: you are beside the saddle Or else your Coxcombs brains are addle; Tis not with me, but Monsieur Paris..You ought to Quarrel with. ?a1725 D. Culy Wks. (1726) i. 56 And if my Light be not Darkness, we shall find many besides the Saddle in this Point also. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。