英语词汇“to come home by weeping cross”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. Used allusively, esp. in the proverbial phrase to come home by Weeping Cross, to suffer grievous disappointment or failure.Cf. the occasional variants ‘to come home by broken cross’ (1662 Howell New Engl. Gramm., Peramb. Spain 68) and ‘to make our prayers at whining crosse’ (1602: see whining n. b).

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > be disappointed [verb (intransitive)]

to kiss the posta1529

to come home by Weeping Cross1579

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 29 They..pull the house on their owne heades, returne home by weeping Crosse, and fewe of them come to an honest ende.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 10^v The time will come when comming home by weeping crosse, thou shalt confesse, [etc.].

1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D2 Heerein I hold the Tailor for a necessary member to teach proud nouices the way to weeping crosse.

1612 G. Wither Prince Henries Obseq. Ded. sig. A 3 For here I mourne, for your-our publike losse; And doe my pennance, at the Weeping Crosse.

1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker i. sig. B1^v One is a kinde of weeping crosse Iacke, A gentle purgatory.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. iv. 16) 53 God fetcht Jonas home again by weeping-cross.

1665 J. Davies tr. Scarron Novels ii. iv. 125 And so the poor Boy was forc'd to get back again to Madrid with a weeping-cross.

1741 J. Ozell tr. P. de B. de Brantôme Spanish Rhodomontades 56 Making an Irruption into Provence, he came home by Weeping-Cross.

1884 W. Morris Archit. & Hist. (1900) 16 How different that [sc. artistic finish] is from mechanical or trade finish, some of us, at least, have learned, maybe, by the way of Weeping Cross.

单词	to come home by weeping cross
释义	> as lemmas to come home by Weeping Cross 2. Used allusively, esp. in the proverbial phrase to come home by Weeping Cross, to suffer grievous disappointment or failure.Cf. the occasional variants ‘to come home by broken cross’ (1662 Howell New Engl. Gramm., Peramb. Spain 68) and ‘to make our prayers at whining crosse’ (1602: see whining n. b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > be disappointed [verb (intransitive)] to kiss the posta1529 to come home by Weeping Cross1579 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 29 They..pull the house on their owne heades, returne home by weeping Crosse, and fewe of them come to an honest ende. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 10^v The time will come when comming home by weeping crosse, thou shalt confesse, [etc.]. 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D2 Heerein I hold the Tailor for a necessary member to teach proud nouices the way to weeping crosse. 1612 G. Wither Prince Henries Obseq. Ded. sig. A 3 For here I mourne, for your-our publike losse; And doe my pennance, at the Weeping Crosse. 1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker i. sig. B1^v One is a kinde of weeping crosse Iacke, A gentle purgatory. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. iv. 16) 53 God fetcht Jonas home again by weeping-cross. 1665 J. Davies tr. Scarron Novels ii. iv. 125 And so the poor Boy was forc'd to get back again to Madrid with a weeping-cross. 1741 J. Ozell tr. P. de B. de Brantôme Spanish Rhodomontades 56 Making an Irruption into Provence, he came home by Weeping-Cross. 1884 W. Morris Archit. & Hist. (1900) 16 How different that [sc. artistic finish] is from mechanical or trade finish, some of us, at least, have learned, maybe, by the way of Weeping Cross. extracted from Weeping Crossn. < as lemmas
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