单词 | to fight sore at heart |
释义 | > as lemmasto fight sore at heart 9. to fight shy: perhaps originally to lose confidence in battle; recorded only in the sense: To keep aloof, avoid intercourse with a person, evade an undertaking, etc. Const. of. Similarly in 15th cent. to fight sore at heart. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (intransitive)] tholec897 throwOE smarta1200 pinea1225 to well in woea1350 painc1350 labourc1450 to fight sore at heart1490 tear1666 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > lack of social communications or relations [verb (intransitive)] to keep quarterc1550 uncompane1589 to have nothing to say to (also with)1603 to live in (also within) oneself1644 to keep oneself to oneself1748 to fight shy1778 to cultivate one's (own) garden1789 to hoe one's own row1832 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid avoid1577 to shy out of1792 to fight shy1821 to run a mile1835 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iv. 125 He knewe well he sayd trouth, and beganne to fyghte sore atte his herte. 1778 F. Burney Let. 3 Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 124 I fight very shy with Mr. Seward, &..he takes the hint. 1786 H. Mackenzie Lounger No. 98. ⁋2 I fought a little shy, as the saying is. 1821 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) II. 44 I have..had to fight shy of invitations that would exhaust time and spirits. 1867 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (ed. 2) 138 The better sort of people fight shy of him. < as lemmas |
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