英语词汇“to have a white head and a green tail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to have a white (also grey, hoary, etc.) head and a green tail and variants: (of a man) to be lustful in old age. Now archaic and rare. [In early use, especially in metaphorical comparison to the leek, probably ultimately after Italian; compare Boccaccio Decameron (c1350) iv, il porro abbia il capo bianco, che la coda sia verde ‘although the leek may have a white head, its tail can still be green’.]

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c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Ellesmere) (1870) Prol. l. 3878 Ffor in oure wyl ther stiketh euere a nayl To haue an hoor heed and a grene tayl.

1580 T. Crewe tr. G. Meurier Nosegay of Morall Philos. sig. B Q. What is an olde man amorous? A... He is like unto a hog with a white heade and a greene tayle.

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 35 The maydens mocke, and call him withered Leeke, That with a greene tayle hath an hoary head.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health xix. 613 How ill it looks to see..a Man, (according to the vulgar Proverb) appear like an Onion with a Gray Head and a Green Tail.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 363 You breed of the Leek, you have a white Head and a green Tail. Spoken to old graceless prophane Wretches.

1841 Satirist 7 Feb. 47/2 There are three candidates for the hand of a Miss Piewell: an old Colonel Evans, with a grey head and a green tail—to his coat [etc.].

1949 L. Gay Wine of Satan xxviii. 255 I'll be laughed at, called that old man of Antioch who has a white head and a green tail, like an onion.

单词	to have a white head and a green tail
释义	> as lemmas to have a white (also grey, hoary, etc.) head and a green tail a. to have a white (also grey, hoary, etc.) head and a green tail and variants: (of a man) to be lustful in old age. Now archaic and rare. [In early use, especially in metaphorical comparison to the leek, probably ultimately after Italian; compare Boccaccio Decameron (c1350) iv, il porro abbia il capo bianco, che la coda sia verde ‘although the leek may have a white head, its tail can still be green’.] ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Ellesmere) (1870) Prol. l. 3878 Ffor in oure wyl ther stiketh euere a nayl To haue an hoor heed and a grene tayl. 1580 T. Crewe tr. G. Meurier Nosegay of Morall Philos. sig. B Q. What is an olde man amorous? A... He is like unto a hog with a white heade and a greene tayle. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. iv. 35 The maydens mocke, and call him withered Leeke, That with a greene tayle hath an hoary head. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health xix. 613 How ill it looks to see..a Man, (according to the vulgar Proverb) appear like an Onion with a Gray Head and a Green Tail. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 363 You breed of the Leek, you have a white Head and a green Tail. Spoken to old graceless prophane Wretches. 1841 Satirist 7 Feb. 47/2 There are three candidates for the hand of a Miss Piewell: an old Colonel Evans, with a grey head and a green tail—to his coat [etc.]. 1949 L. Gay Wine of Satan xxviii. 255 I'll be laughed at, called that old man of Antioch who has a white head and a green tail, like an onion. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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