| 单词 | bread of affliction |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbread of affliction bread of affliction n. bread of poor quality or insufficient quantity; also figurative and in figurative contexts.With allusion to Deuteronomy 16:3 (see quot. a1425) or 1 Kings 22:27. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > food gained by affliction bread of afflictiona1425 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > low-quality bread pig breadOE swainloaf1358 bread of afflictiona1425 bread of trete1607 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xvi. 3 Thou schalt not ete ther ynne breed diȝt with sourdouȝ; in seuene daies thou schalt ete breed of affliccioun [E.V. a1382 Bodl. 959 breed of greet traueil; L. adflictionis panem], with out sourdouȝ. 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxx. 235 So shall you in the end receaue..in steed of the bread of affliction the heauenly Manna, and the bread of life from the table of God & Christ. 1654 J. Allington Grand Conspiracy Members against Mind 138 They fed him with nothing but reproach, scorn, and the bread of affliction. 1817 B. Hofland Son of Genius (new ed.) ix. 171 Many helpless young people..languish in poverty, and eat the bitter bread of affliction moistened by their tears. 1990 W. Moskoff (title) The bread of affliction: the food supply in the USSR during World War II. < as lemmas |
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