单词 | to fly low |
释义 | > as lemmasto fly low b. figurative; esp. of fame, a report, etc. to fly high (or a high pitch): to aim at or reach a high pitch of action, feeling, etc. (cf. flight n.1 3). Also to fly low: to avoid notoriety. to fly short of: to fail in mounting to the level of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to reach or attain to fail of?c1225 to fall short of1590 to fly short of1646 trail1957 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > creative genius > be inspired [verb (intransitive)] to fly high (or a high pitch)1655 enrapture1743 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (intransitive)] > in action overdoa1325 to break to an extreme1592 overact1631 to fly high (or a high pitch)1655 outgrabe1855 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > be or become infamous or notorious [verb (intransitive)] > avoid notoriety to hide one's headc1475 to fly low1837 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 165 Alse þe fugeles..swo doð þis mannisse flieð fram iuele to werse. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 121 Inicht beoð fleoinde & sechinde ouwer saule heouenliche fode. c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 1028 Wenged wondres faste fleen. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 39 The renomme therof floughe vnto the duke. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iv. f. 55 The fame which had to fore..flighen abrode. a1592 H. Smith Serm. (1866) II. 14 Try every piece of gold, when many Flemish angels fly abroad. a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 125 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The prosperous successes of Earle Richard,..were no sooner effected, but fame flyed abroad. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 160 A Dragon, whereof there flieth this tale. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xc. 10 Their strength..is soone cut off, and we flie away. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. v. 61 Wing'd with feruour of her loue, she's flowne To her desir'd Posthumus. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. x. 40 How short they flew of that spirit..their weaknesse sufficiently declared. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 191 Matters flying thus high, the Arch-Bishop..conceived it the safest way to [etc.]. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. iv. 41 They fly High in their high-flown Divinity. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 194. ⁋2 When the Fame, says he, of this celebrated Beauty first flew Abroad. 1716 Bp. of Bristol Charge 19 Where a Mean is commendable, He must neither fly too High, nor creep too Low. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 752 Those brethren whose piety flies the highest pitch. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. iv. 117 As for the Elder Egalité he flies low at this time. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) v. 116 She flies too high. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 209 When did not rumours fly? < as lemmas |
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