英语词汇“to have a soul above buttons”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†P6. to have a soul (also mind) above buttons: to have aspirations or ambitions beyond what is expected or usual for someone born into a manual trade or occupation, or of low social status; to be intellectually or culturally elevated; to have a refined or noble character or sensibility. Cf. to have a soul above (something or someone) at soul n. Phrases 3f. Obsolete.

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1795 G. Colman New Hay at Old Market i. i. 10 My father was an eminent Button-maker..but I had a soul above buttons, and..panted for a liberal profession.

1841 Odd Fellow 23 Oct. 170/2 He..has a soul above buttons, and affecting the gentleman, he falls into the hands of Sir Philip's valet.

1855 Pioneer (San Francisco) Oct. 25 Would you imagine..that [he]..has a soul above buttons, that he is a man of the finest sentiment, of the most exquisite sensibility?

1894 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 84 311/1 I..appreciate poetry, and, without being egotistical, I think that shows that I have a mind above buttons.

1902 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. (Mag. Suppl.) 8/2 We want something better than soup bones, blackheads, and bugs... The men..have an idea that women have no soul above buttons.

单词	to have a soul above buttons
释义	> as lemmas to have a soul (also mind) above buttons †P6. to have a soul (also mind) above buttons: to have aspirations or ambitions beyond what is expected or usual for someone born into a manual trade or occupation, or of low social status; to be intellectually or culturally elevated; to have a refined or noble character or sensibility. Cf. to have a soul above (something or someone) at soul n. Phrases 3f. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1795 G. Colman New Hay at Old Market i. i. 10 My father was an eminent Button-maker..but I had a soul above buttons, and..panted for a liberal profession. 1841 Odd Fellow 23 Oct. 170/2 He..has a soul above buttons, and affecting the gentleman, he falls into the hands of Sir Philip's valet. 1855 Pioneer (San Francisco) Oct. 25 Would you imagine..that [he]..has a soul above buttons, that he is a man of the finest sentiment, of the most exquisite sensibility? 1894 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 84 311/1 I..appreciate poetry, and, without being egotistical, I think that shows that I have a mind above buttons. 1902 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. (Mag. Suppl.) 8/2 We want something better than soup bones, blackheads, and bugs... The men..have an idea that women have no soul above buttons. extracted from buttonn. < as lemmas
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