| 单词 | to go between the bark and the tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (etc.) between the bark and the tree a. to go (etc.) between the bark and the tree. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] to step in1474 to go (etc.) between the bark and the tree1546 to make in1575 intermediate1610 interposea1616 to put in1631 intervene1646 to strike ina1715 to wade in1905 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. Gv It were a foly for me, To put my hande betweene the barke and the tre..Betwene you. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. v. 921 To deale roundly and simply with no side, but to go between the bark and the tree. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 303 So audacious as to go betweene barke and tree, breeding suspitions..betweene man and wife. 1805 M. Edgeworth Mod. Griselda v. 65 An instigator of quarrels between man and wife; or, according to the plebeian, but expressive apophthegm, one who would come between the bark and the tree. [Cf. Halliwell Dict. s.v., ‘Between the bark and the wood,’ a well-adjusted bargain, where neither party has the advantage.] < as lemmas |
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