单词 | to take away every knot in the bulrush |
释义 | > as lemmasto take away every knot in the bulrush 3. Phrases. to bow the head like a bulrush, in allusion to Isaiah lviii. 8. †to seek (find) a knot in a bulrush, Latin nodum in scirpo quærere, to find difficulties where there are none. So sarcastically, †to take away every knot in the bulrush. ΚΠ 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 436 Myne opposed adversary will seeke after a knott in a Bullrush as the Proverbe is. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lviii. 8 Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush ? View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 199 The Schools did presume to have taken away every knot in the Bulrush. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xi. 241 Do we wish you..to hang your heads like a bulrush? < as lemmas |
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