| 单词 | to kiss the rod |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kiss the rod i. to kiss the rod, to accept chastisement or correction submissively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment shendc897 drinka1340 sufferc1380 to kiss the roda1586 to pay for——a1593 to give, get goss1840 to come in for it1841 to cop it1884 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xvii. sig. Aa4 Yet he durst not but kisse his rod, and gladly make much of the entertainement which she allotted vnto him. 1628 J. Shirley Wittie Faire One i. iii Come, I'll be a good child, and kiss the rod. 1774 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 271 If you will so far favour me, I will gladly kiss the Rod. 1800 I. Milner in M. Milner Life I. Milner (1842) xii. 209 When the fits of illness come, I do not, I believe, properly kiss the rod. < as lemmas |
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