单词 | to give a good stroke |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (or strike) a good stroke ΘΚΠ society > authority > [verb (intransitive)] to give (the) law (to)a1225 reignc1325 to rule the roastc1500 to bear (the) rooma1529 to have, bear, carry, strike the stroke1531 to bear (a or the) sway1549 to bear a (also the) rout1550 (to have) swing and sway1552 to rule the rout1570 master1656 carry1662 to lay down the law1762 to rule the roost1769 to carry (also hold) (big) guns1867 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [verb (intransitive)] to take the bun1371 to bear the bellc1374 to have, bear, carry, strike the stroke1531 to take the cake (also cakes)1839 to take (also cop, win) the biscuit1880 to ring the bell1900 society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] weighc1386 to have, bear, carry, strike a (great, etc.) stroke1531 to hold placea1535 to take place1535 to bear (a or the) sway1549 to have weight1565 say1614 to be no small drinka1774 matter1848 to pack a punch (also wallop)a1938 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (intransitive)] > in bringing about helpc1175 to give (or strike) a good stroke1531 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1–3 John (1538) 83 An yf..we can fynde no shyfte, but that ye byshop of Rome..must thus mocke vs, what a stroke thynke ye hath Satan amonge vs? [Cf. ante, Then the deuell hath a greate swynge amonge vs.] 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 168 All suche persones..as beare any rewle, stroke, or autoritee in the commonweale. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Eiijv Soch a fellawe was he, as of that gere had the stroke. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Ciiij Thys byshoppe was a great man borne, and did beare such a stroke, that he was able to shoulder the Lord Protectour. 1564 Briefe Exam. D iiij b Which..loue, if it beare stroke among vs, we shall be able..to discomfyte the body..of Antichrist. a1569 A. Kingsmill Most Excellent & Comfortable Treat. (new ed.) (1585) B iij Hee knewe that whatsoever befell him, God had a stroke in it. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxix. xxix. 731 This Mezetulus having gathered a powre of..paisants of the countrey (with whom he carried a great stroke). 1609 F. Sherwood in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 134 The advise you wisht me to geiue him..gave a good stroke to perswade him. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋11 The vintage of Abiezer, that strake the stroake: yet the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim was not to be despised. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 14) 532 It is verie hard to say, whether nature or religion giueth the stroake to their actions. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iv. sig. I2 A shall not haue any countenance from vs, nor a good word from any i' th' Company, if I may strike stroke in't. 1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 17 Captaine Fitzharbert opposed the resolutione, but the Admiralls double voice carried the stroke. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile To Earle of Pembroke sig. A3 Opinion strikes a great stroake in the iudgements and affaires of men. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xii. 338 That the salts of naturall bodies doe carry a powerfull stroake in the tincture and vernish of all things, we shall not deny. View more context for this quotation 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 444 The Jesuits have too great a stroke amongst them. 1687 Bp. G. Burnet Contin. Refl. Mr. Varillas's Hist. Heresies 41 They had the main stroak in our Parliaments. 1697 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj. (ed. 2) i. vi. 222 We may plainly perceive that the Prejudices of Education have a great Stroak in many of our Reasonings. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 248 To stir up seditions and troubles the worst man commonly bears the stroke. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) iv. 32 I..could never fall into the good graces of those who had the stroke in settling parishes. < as lemmas |
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