| 单词 | to give a sop to cerberus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a sop to Cerberus a. In Greek and Latin mythology the proper name of the watchdog which guarded the entrance of the infernal regions, represented as having three heads. Used allusively, esp. in phrase, to give a sop to Cerberus (so as to stop his mouths for the moment: cf. Æneid vi. 417). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > characters from classical mythology > Cerberus the hound of hellc888 hell-dog?c1225 Cerberusc1386 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > become at peace with each other [verb (intransitive)] > appease someone temporarily to give a sop to Cerberusa1522 c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 112 He drow out Cerberus, the hound of helle. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. vi. 69 Cerberus, the hydduus hund..Quhom till the prophete..A sop, stepyt intil hunny..gan cast. 1640 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. v. 14 A three-fold Chimæra, a monster to our Lawes, a Cerberus to our Religion. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 30 Melancholy Of Cerberus, and blackest midnight born. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love i. i. 6 If I can give that Cerberus a Sop, I shall be at rest for one day. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) i. 25 There is but one way of managing here; I must give the Cerberus a sop, I perceive. 1825 H. Smith Gaieties & Gravities II. 245 I will throw down a napoleon, as a sop to Cerberus. < as lemmas |
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