单词 | to be one's own master |
释义 | > as lemmasto be one's own master c. to be one's own master: to be independent or free to do as one pleases. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] to have one's own rulea1393 to be one's own man (also woman, person)a1425 to be one's own master?1510 to stand on one's own bottom1564 to sit loose1591 independa1657 to paddle one's own canoe1828 to go it alone1842 to run one's own show1892 to go one's (own) gait1922 ?1510 T. More tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. b.iiv He was his owne maister. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 290v To be myne owne maister. 1675 J. Crowne Andromache iv. 36 Defer your Marriage but one day,—to morrow, You shall be your own Master. a1714 M. Henry Ordination Serm. in Misc. Wks. (1853) ii. 505/2 We are most our own possessors, when we are least our own masters. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas Pref. 13 When they were out of Pay, they look'd upon themselves as their own Masters. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. xxi. 274 He is his own master . View more context for this quotation 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. iv. 53 We men of business, who serve a House, are not our own masters. We have to think of the House more than ourselves. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxi. 84 He wished immensely to be his own master. 1990 B. Swain Roses, Questions & Answers 13 Understand why something happens as it does and you are your own master, able to use your common sense and logic to make judgements and decisions. < as lemmas |
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