单词 | to be master to his word |
释义 | > as lemmasto be master to his word f. of one's word: (postmodifying man, woman, etc.) that keeps one's promises. Similarly †to be master to his word. ΚΠ 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Xiiij The people of Crete are lyars,..yet Epimenides may be excepted, & be a true man of his worde, notwithstandyng. 1555 H. Braham Inst. Gentleman sig. Eiijv The seconde..poynte in a Gentleman..is promes kepyng, as to bee Mayster to hys woorde. 1583 Answeare Def. Censure Charkes Bk. f. 30 Such a commoditie, to bringe thee out of Purgatorie: (For I am sure the Pope is a manne of his woorde) and thou needest not to feare but it is true. 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore i. sig. H4v My worthy Lieutenant Bots; why, now I see th'art a man of thy word. 1692 T. Southerne Wives Excuse iii. 31 She's a Woman of her word: You see she has brought Mrs. Sightly along with her. 1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives VII. cxviii. 222 The purpose of this, it appears, was to make him believe the keeper a man of his word. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. vii. 122 Hereward is a man of his word, and pays his soldiers' wages royally. 1892 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 451/1 He was known to be a lad of his word for good or evil. 1949 V. Bell Sel. Lett. (1993) 519 I said I'd write to you from Lucca and as you know I'm a woman of my word. 2003 N.Y. Times 11 May 28/1 Mr. Grassley is known as a man of his word. < as lemmas |
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