英语词汇“bread of idleness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bread of idleness n. bread or food that has not been earned or worked for; also figurative and in figurative contexts; cf. idle bread at idle adj. 4c.With allusion to Proverbs 31:27 (see quot. 1611). [In quot. 1611 directly translating Hebrew leḥem ʿaṣlūṯ (Proverbs 31:27; < leḥem bread + ʿaṣlūṯ sluggishness).]

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the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > food not worked for

bread of idleness1580

1542 Glasse for Housholders sig. giii I wold you had no mo seruauntes in your house, then ye maye kepe occupied, and y^t none eat their bread in ydelnes, but that they haue labour with meate, and meate with laboure.]

1580 M. Outred tr. M. Cope Godly & Learned Expos. Prouerbes Solomon (xxxi. 27) f. 636^v She considereth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenesse.

1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxxi. 27 She..eateth not the bread of idleness [a1382 Wyclif idil bred; 1535 Coverdale bred with ydilnes] .

1715 J. Acres Glad Tidings Great Brit. 24 You shall always have the Poor with you, as we read in the Gospel. But surely..a Way may be found, that not so many of them should eat the Bread of Idleness.

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 140 You cannot..eat the bread of idleness on board of a man-of-war.

2009 @nicholasamoore 3 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 18 June 2019) I am eating the bread of idleness, not very virtuous.

单词	bread of idleness
释义	> as lemmas bread of idleness bread of idleness n. bread or food that has not been earned or worked for; also figurative and in figurative contexts; cf. idle bread at idle adj. 4c.With allusion to Proverbs 31:27 (see quot. 1611). [In quot. 1611 directly translating Hebrew leḥem ʿaṣlūṯ (Proverbs 31:27; < leḥem bread + ʿaṣlūṯ sluggishness).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > food not worked for bread of idleness1580 1542 Glasse for Housholders sig. giii I wold you had no mo seruauntes in your house, then ye maye kepe occupied, and y^t none eat their bread in ydelnes, but that they haue labour with meate, and meate with laboure.] 1580 M. Outred tr. M. Cope Godly & Learned Expos. Prouerbes Solomon (xxxi. 27) f. 636^v She considereth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenesse. 1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxxi. 27 She..eateth not the bread of idleness [a1382 Wyclif idil bred; 1535 Coverdale bred with ydilnes] . View more context for this quotation 1715 J. Acres Glad Tidings Great Brit. 24 You shall always have the Poor with you, as we read in the Gospel. But surely..a Way may be found, that not so many of them should eat the Bread of Idleness. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xi. 140 You cannot..eat the bread of idleness on board of a man-of-war. 2009 @nicholasamoore 3 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 18 June 2019) I am eating the bread of idleness, not very virtuous. extracted from breadn. bread of idleness bread of idleness, bread not earned by labour; cf. idle bread at idle adj. 4c.extracted from idlenessn. < as lemmas
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