单词 | to run on all fours |
释义 | > as lemmasto run on (also upon) all fours a. to run on (also upon) all fours: to proceed smoothly; to function effectively; to succeed compatibly with. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > be or remain valid [verb (intransitive)] standOE holdc1315 to hold out water1598 to run on all fours1617 hold water1622 to pass for (later as) sterling1641 ring1857 α. β. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum 3/2 Yet for all this, His Supremacy will be no longer allowed, than it runs on all fours, to the utter Extirpation of all that dissent from our Church.1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lxxvii. 282 From that time, he made clear work, renouncing all that stood in his way: And then his doctrines ran upon all fours.1781 J. Newton Cardiphonia II. 172 Worldly people expect their schemes to run upon all-fours.1865 J. A. Heraud Shakspere iv. i. 289 I have no wish to make the allegory concealed in this drama run on all fours with the events contained in it.1894 Accountant 5 May 393/1 The argument also does not run on all fours with Mr. Swainson's contentions.1905 E. B. Pollard P. Judson x. 112 He had told the very truth; even though the application might not run upon all fours.1996 A. R. Dyck Comm. on Cicero, De Officis 253 Our analogy does not ‘run on all fours’.1617 T. Tuke Theol. Disc. 29 (margin) No similitude runnes on all foure. 1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 13 Similitudes do not run on all four, as the Proverb is. 1710 J. St. Leger Manager's Pro & Con 50 Tho' the Comparison should not exactly run upon all four when examined. 1764 A. Seward Let. Jan. in Poet. Wks. (1810) I. p. lxxxix The metaphor..does not run very well on all four, the words valley and forest forming an imperfect sentence. < as lemmas |
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