单词 | to cast a mist before a person's eyes |
释义 | > as lemmasto cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes b. In phrases with reference to the obscuring of (physical or mental) vision; esp. in to cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes (now rare): to produce mystification or confusion, to deceive; formerly also simply †to cast a mist (also mists) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > perplex, nonplus [phrase] to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end1377 to cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes?a1475 to set (also run) on ground1600 to make butter and cheese of1642 to put to the gaze1646 philogrobolized in one's brains1653 to strike all of (on) a heap1711 to blow, cast, throw stour in one's eyes1823 knot1860 to give (one) furiously to think1910 ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 159 A derke devyll with falsnese I saye shall cast a myst in þe kynggys eye. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Offundere caliginem oculis, to cast a miste before ones eyes. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 2 The Iugler casteth a myst to work the closer. 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. H4 They say you can throw mists before our eyes, To make vs thinke you faire. 1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 19 And thus much for this cloud I cannot say rather then petty-fog of witnesses, with which Episcopall men would cast a mist before us. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 26 And by a mist of words..he dazles Mens eies. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 81. ⁋5 Over this law, indeed, some sons of sophistry have been subtle enough to throw mists, which have darkened their own eyes. 1828 C. Lamb Capt. Jackson in Elia 2nd Ser. 194 He was a juggler, who threw mists before your eyes. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise (Interlude) 173 May the King of the elements cast a mist over the eyes of the King of Foreign. < as lemmas |
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