| 单词 | to cut out of whole cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cut (etc.) out of (the) whole cloth 10. Phrases. to cut the coat according to the cloth: to adapt oneself to circumstances, keep within the limits of one's means (see cut v.). †the cloth is all of another hue: the case is totally different. †to bring to cloth: to accomplish, finish. to cut (etc.) out of (the) whole cloth: see whole cloth n. 2. And other proverbial expressions. ΚΠ c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 42 We ben bigilid alle wiþ oure lyst. Þe clooþ is al of anothir hew. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. viii. sig. C I shall Cut my cote after my cloth. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kivv It is a bad cloth, that will take no colour. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 80 The king..Began to love, who for he was a king, By little sute, this match to cloth did bring. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. vi. 177 This rent (not in the seam but whole cloth) betwixt these Churches was no mean hindrance to the Holy warre. 1883 C. Reade Many a Slip in Harper's Mag. Dec. 134/2 We can all cut our coat according to our cloth. < as lemmas |
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