英语词汇“to have the higher hand”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 the higher hand: to have the superiority; to gain the victory or mastery. Cf. upper hand n..

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)]

risec1175

to have the higher handa1225

to have the besta1393

bettera1400

vaila1400

to win or achieve a checka1400

surmount1400

prevaila1425

to have (also get) the better handa1470

to go away with it1489

to have the besta1500

to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542

to have ita1616

to have (also get) the laugh on one's side1672

top1718

beat1744

to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817

to have the best of1846

to go one better1856

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 127 Ðe dieules muȝen beȝelpen þat hie hafden ðe heiȝere hand ouer me.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3392 Israel Hadde hegere hond.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 404 The heiere hond he hadde And victoire of his enemys.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 401 If þ^t he faught and hadde the hyer hond.

a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 5239 And who that haves the heyer hand, Have the cyte and al her land.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin viii. 124 That he myghte haue the hier honde.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 109^v That holly the herhond hade at his wille.

1569 W. Samuel Abridgem. Olde Test.: Judges xx. sig. G.iiij Then did they pray and God them plight, to haue the higher hand.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1352/2 It will shortly haue the higher hand of all cloudes.

1653 R. Mead Combat Love & Friendship v. iv. 74 Hold, or I swear ere thou shalt have the higher hand, I'le rime thee to death.

1833 Age 21 July 229/2 The Tories have the higher hand.

1883 J. B. Cazenove St. Martin of Tours v. in St. Hilary of Poitiers & St Martin of Tours 208 During this life the sorrow bears the higher hand.

2008 Business Day (South Africa) (Nexis) 15 Mar. (Opinion & editorial section) 8 The women backing singers had the higher hand and were telling a good-for-nothing lover/husband to pack his bags and leave for good.

单词	to have the higher hand
释义	> as lemmas to have the higher hand †a. to have the higher hand: to have the superiority; to gain the victory or mastery. Cf. upper hand n.. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)] risec1175 to have the higher handa1225 to have the besta1393 bettera1400 vaila1400 to win or achieve a checka1400 surmount1400 prevaila1425 to have (also get) the better handa1470 to go away with it1489 to have the besta1500 to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542 to have ita1616 to have (also get) the laugh on one's side1672 top1718 beat1744 to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817 to have the best of1846 to go one better1856 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 127 Ðe dieules muȝen beȝelpen þat hie hafden ðe heiȝere hand ouer me. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3392 Israel Hadde hegere hond. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 404 The heiere hond he hadde And victoire of his enemys. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 401 If þ^t he faught and hadde the hyer hond. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 5239 And who that haves the heyer hand, Have the cyte and al her land. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin viii. 124 That he myghte haue the hier honde. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 109^v That holly the herhond hade at his wille. 1569 W. Samuel Abridgem. Olde Test.: Judges xx. sig. G.iiij Then did they pray and God them plight, to haue the higher hand. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1352/2 It will shortly haue the higher hand of all cloudes. 1653 R. Mead Combat Love & Friendship v. iv. 74 Hold, or I swear ere thou shalt have the higher hand, I'le rime thee to death. 1833 Age 21 July 229/2 The Tories have the higher hand. 1883 J. B. Cazenove St. Martin of Tours v. in St. Hilary of Poitiers & St Martin of Tours 208 During this life the sorrow bears the higher hand. 2008 Business Day (South Africa) (Nexis) 15 Mar. (Opinion & editorial section) 8 The women backing singers had the higher hand and were telling a good-for-nothing lover/husband to pack his bags and leave for good. extracted from higheradj.adv.n.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	to friction away to friend to frighten a person blue to frighten out of one's senses to frighten seven bells out of a person to frighten to death to frighten — bells out of to frisk away to frisk it to frist to frist it to frivol away to frolic it to front about to frost a person's ass etc to frost a person's balls to froth over to frump off to fry a faggot to fry a person's brain to fry in one's own grease to fry out fat to fry the fat out of to fuck to fuck about

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