| 单词 | to love as one's own soul |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto love (a person) as one's own soul b. to love (a person) as one's own soul and variants: to love someone as one loves oneself; to love someone completely.Sometimes with allusion to David and Jonathan in 1 Samuel 18:1 (see quot. 1535). ΚΠ c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2682 A douȝter, þat he lovid as his owne saal. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xviii. A And Ionathas and Dauid made a couenaunt together, for he loued him as his owne soule. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 224 My Father lou'd Sir Roland as his soule. View more context for this quotation 1687 H. Crouch England's Jests 15 He protested that he lov'd her as his own Soul. 1708 tr. Pétis de la Croix Turkish Tales 101 I love my Wife, my Wife loves me; we love our Son as our own Soul, and depend on no Body. 1821 European Mag. & London Rev. Mar. 215/1 The predilection..had ripened into a firm and lasting attachment, and Margaret loved Elvina as her own soul. 1883 Mrs. A. Fraser Peeress of 1882 I. vii. 135 She loved him—loved him as her own soul—she would fain have found her heaven in his arms. 1994 D. Kennedy On Killing Day 90 I love Lee as my own soul. < as lemmas |
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