单词 | to be of good cheer |
释义 | > as lemmasto be of good cheer P4. to be of good cheer: to be cheerful or in good spirits; spec. to be encouraged, comforted, or consoled; to take heart (frequently in imperative). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > to be stiff-upper-lipped [verb] to be of (good) comfortc1320 to be of good cheera1413 to stand buff1701 to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1798 to die game1886 stiff-upper-lip1977 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 879 Loue hath beset þe wel be of good chere. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xviii. 282 He badde his felowes to be of goode chier. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. v. 6 We are alwaye of good chere. ?1590 A. Munday tr. First Bk. Amadis of Gaule ix. 38 He was of better cheere, and came more neere him to continue this talke. 1644 H. Manwayring Seaman's Dict. in Life & Wks. (1922) (modernized text) II. 96 When they encourage a man, as if they would say be of good cheer or be not dismayed or be courageous, they say, Bear up man. 1673 B. Keach War with Devil 100 Pull up thy drooping heart, be of good chear. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 313. ¶16 His Friend..bade him be of good Cheer. 1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. x. 182 The Cyclops, after taking a great draught of brandy, desired us to be of good cheer. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 144 A second voice was at mine ear,..A murmur, ‘Be of better cheer.’ 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 23 Be of good cheer, sweet sir, and give your opinion. 1917 Nature-study Rev. Apr. 168 He was strong at heart and of good cheer. 2008 Maclean's 6 Sept. 96 Federalists: be of good cheer. The people who voted No in the 1980 and 1995 referendums were right to vote that way. < as lemmas |
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