英语词汇“to cast one's frock to the nettles”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

to cast (also throw) one's frock (or cassock) to the nettles

P5. to cast (also throw) one's frock (or cassock) to the nettles [probably after French jeter le froc aux orties (1496)] : to renounce the clerical life; also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [verb (intransitive)] > renounce clerical life

to cast (also throw) one's frock (or cassock) to the nettles1916

1916 W. J. Locke Wonderful Year xviii. 255 Now, indeed, he had burned his boats, thrown his cap over the windmills, cast his frock to the nettles.

1918 W. J. Locke Rough Road vi. 58 Young parsons..threw their cassocks to the nettles and put on the full..panoply of war.

extracted from nettlen.

as lemmas

单词	to cast one's frock to the nettles
释义	> as lemmas to cast (also throw) one's frock (or cassock) to the nettles P5. to cast (also throw) one's frock (or cassock) to the nettles [probably after French jeter le froc aux orties (1496)] : to renounce the clerical life; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [verb (intransitive)] > renounce clerical life to cast (also throw) one's frock (or cassock) to the nettles1916 1916 W. J. Locke Wonderful Year xviii. 255 Now, indeed, he had burned his boats, thrown his cap over the windmills, cast his frock to the nettles. 1918 W. J. Locke Rough Road vi. 58 Young parsons..threw their cassocks to the nettles and put on the full..panoply of war. extracted from nettlen. < as lemmas
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