单词 | to lay one's head |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay (down) one's head i. to lay (down) one's head: to settle down to rest, to go to sleep (esp. with reference to a habitual resting or sleeping place). Cf. to get one's head down at Phrases 4d(c). ΚΠ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. viii. f. xv He sonne of the man hath not where onto leye his heede [1557 Geneva head]. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Concl. 64 But laying down his head.., while he sleeps..they wickedly shaving off all those..tresses [etc.]. 1794 C. Smith Banished Man II. ii. 35 De Touranges cared not where he laid his head. 1837 W. Wordsworth Memorials Tour in Italy vii, in Poems (1845) 275 The noble Roman's scorn..at thought of laying down his head, When the blank day is over. 1883 Luther's Cradle Song in Sailors' Mag. Nov. 351/2 Away in a manger, No crib for his bed, The little Lord Jesus Lay down His sweet head. 1950 D. Thomas Let. 7 Apr. (1987) 756 I..lay down my head & do not sleep until dawn because I can hear your heart beat beside me. 1964 in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 166 Is this where the broad named Big Whore lays her head?.. Tell her I'll see her tomorrow morning. 2006 Wanderlust Mar. 60/1 We've found the best places to lay your head just minutes from Jordan's best-loved treasures. < as lemmas |
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