| 单词 | to pipe in an ivy-leaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pipe in (with) an ivy-leaf a. A leaf of ivy; †taken as the type of a thing of little value. to pipe in (with) an ivy-leaf (figurative), to console oneself (for failure, etc.) with some frivolous employment (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be consoled or relieved [verb (intransitive)] > with something frivolous to pipe in (with) an ivy-leafc1374 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 326 Nim..ifig leaf þe on eorþan wixþ. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1433 But, Troylus, thou mayst now, este or weste, Pipe in an ivy leefe, if that the leste. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 21 That all nis worth an yvy lefe. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclviii Farwel the gardyner he may pype with an yue lefe his frute is fayled. 1869 W. C. Hazlitt Eng. Prov. & Phr. 425 To pipe in an ivy leaf, to go and engage in any sterile or idle occupation, to hang one's heels up. < as lemmas |
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