| 单词 | to ride in, on, or with the snaffle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ride (one) in, on, or with the snaffle c. to ride (one) in, on, or with the snaffle, to rule easily, to guide with a light hand. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > lessen in strictness or severity [verb (transitive)] > be lenient to to make it fair witha1425 to ride (one) in, on, or with the snaffle1577 to pull one's punches1931 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 249/1 in Chron. I I perceyue this man will neuer obey my commaundements, till he be rydden with a snaffle. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares To Rdr. Ile..ride him with a snaffle vp & down the whole realme. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 281 Such a wanton Courser as Naples, is not to bee ridden with snaffles. 1844 Ld. Ashburton in Croker P. (1884) III. xxiii. 18 As old Hunt said of Manners Sutton as Speaker, he rode them in a snaffle. 1904 E. F. Benson Challoners i The world has begun..to ride life on the snaffle instead of the curb. < as lemmas |
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