| 单词 | to hang as high as haman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang as high as Haman 1. Used allusively with reference to hanging (phrase to hang as high as Haman). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > one who is hanged field bishop1545 knight of the collarc1557 Haman1645 hangee1831 1645 R. Browne Ld. Digbies Designe to betray Abingdon 7 When their blinded Party shall..see him in his colours, they will at last pity..a Prince that makes use of such a wicked head..: And..may know who is that Haman which blasts Mordecai's petition. 1647 Mercurius Melancholicus 11–17 Sept. 13 What is honour, but another Haman? This day a companion with a King, on the morrow hanging on the gallowes. 1650 J. Trapp Solomonis Παναρετος Isa. lxi. 2 All Hamans be hanged up at that feast-royal, at the last day especially. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 295 The whig Captain, Balfour..swore..that if the garrison was not gi'en ower the morn by daybreak, he would hing up the young lord, poor thing, as high as Haman. 1842 R. H. Barham Merchant of Venice in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 57 I'll hang you like Haman! < as lemmas |
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