| 单词 | to make fair weather of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make fair weather of ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous [verb (intransitive)] > be agreeable to make good visagec1386 to make (rarely bear) fair weatherc1400 to do (also make, play) the agreeable1825 to suit a person's book1827 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > over-estimate or overvalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 to make of (also on)c1449 to make fair weather of1537 over-reckon1537 overmind1571 overween1588 overprize?1589 overcount1593 overvalue1597 overrate1599 wondernize1599 overhold1609 over-cess1611 overweight1613 overthinka1618 over-title1620 overcast1622 overmeasure1625 over-sum1628 overesteema1639 overproportion1642 outbid1688 overcharge1711 overestimate1797 overreach1822 overplay1835 maximize1866 maximate1881 out-reckon1898 fetishize1934 c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 8289 At here comyng thei made fair wedur, And spak of many thynges to-gedur. 1537 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 93 Thother parte declare him in wordes towardes his Maieste to make only faire wether, and in his harte..to doo all that he canne to his graces dishonour. a1557 J. Cheke Let. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1769) I. 72 And if anye suche shall be, that shall of all things make fair weather, and, whatsoever they shall see to the contrarye, shall tell you all is well. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxixv Duke Moris..to make fayre weather [L. pacificationis causa] sendeth his Ambassadors to the Counsel. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxix. 732 And that is the cause why wee see so fewe holde out in weldoing. Many make faire wether for a time, so as yee woulde thinke them to bee maruellous good men: but in the turning of a hande all is marde. 1589 R. Payne Briefe Descr. Ireland 7 Al the better sort doe deadly hate ye Spaniardes, & yet I thinke they beare them fayre weather, for that they are the popes champions. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. B1v Returne and say, That we with England will not enter parlie, Nor neuer make faire wether, or take truce. View more context for this quotation 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 31 Ixion makes faire weather vnto Ioue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. i. 30 But I must make faire weather yet a while, Till Henry be more weake, and I more strong. View more context for this quotation 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 49 To which message, although the French King gaue no full credit, yet he made faire weather with the King, and seemed satisfied. 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 163 My Mother-in-law made very fair weather to me, and gave me many good words. < as lemmas |
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