英语词汇“to have long hands”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

j. to have long hands: to have far-reaching power or influence. Cf. long arm n.¹ 1a. Formerly also: †to be a thief (obsolete). Now rare. [Originally (in sense ‘to have far-reaching power or influence’) after classical Latin an nescis longas regibus esse manus ‘do you not know that kings have long hands?’ (Ovid Heroides 17. 166).]

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1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. A.iiij^v Longae regum manus. Kynges haue longe handes.

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale ii. iii. f. 25^v Kinges haue long handes [L. longas Regibus esse manus].

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 17 What if I should call thee theefe? What if I should say that thou hast long handes?

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxiii. 37 Potent men, who have long hands, and short consciences..would certainly in time work their revenge.

1687 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy I. iv. xvi. 339 The Cardinal Favourite of France has such long Hands, that he make a [1691 makes] Seizures in those Places which are not subject to his Jurisdiction.

1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 32 We'll shew him what long hands the law has.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 145 His father is a powerful man—hath long hands—reaches as far as he can.

1992 T. Zeleza Smouldering Charcoal i. iii. 46 Yes, the government has long hands.

单词	to have long hands
释义	> as lemmas to have long hands j. to have long hands: to have far-reaching power or influence. Cf. long arm n.¹ 1a. Formerly also: †to be a thief (obsolete). Now rare. [Originally (in sense ‘to have far-reaching power or influence’) after classical Latin an nescis longas regibus esse manus ‘do you not know that kings have long hands?’ (Ovid Heroides 17. 166).] ΚΠ 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. A.iiij^v Longae regum manus. Kynges haue longe handes. 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale ii. iii. f. 25^v Kinges haue long handes [L. longas Regibus esse manus]. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 17 What if I should call thee theefe? What if I should say that thou hast long handes? 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxiii. 37 Potent men, who have long hands, and short consciences..would certainly in time work their revenge. 1687 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy I. iv. xvi. 339 The Cardinal Favourite of France has such long Hands, that he make a [1691 makes] Seizures in those Places which are not subject to his Jurisdiction. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 32 We'll shew him what long hands the law has. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 145 His father is a powerful man—hath long hands—reaches as far as he can. 1992 T. Zeleza Smouldering Charcoal i. iii. 46 Yes, the government has long hands. extracted from handn. < as lemmas
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