单词 | to put their heads together |
释义 | > as lemmasto put (also bring, lay, set, etc.) their (also our, your) heads together (a) to put (also bring, lay, set, etc.) their (also our, your) heads together: to consider a matter jointly, to consult or take counsel with one another, to confer. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > confer, consult, or deliberate roundc1275 to speak togetherc1275 to take counselc1290 counsel1297 treat1297 advisea1393 communea1393 to take deliberationc1405 common1416 to put (also bring, lay, set, etc.) their (also our, your) heads togetherc1425 janglec1440 bespeak1489 parliamenta1492 intercommonc1540 confer1545 parle1558 consult1565 imparl1572 break parle1594 handle1596 emparley1600 to confer notes1650 to compare notes1709 powwow1780 to get together1816 palaver1877 c1425 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1864) 6 226 (MED) Siris, ȝe shal putte ȝoure heedis to gidere & chese þre burgeisis of þis constabilrie of þe moost sufficient. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 554 The watyr foulis han here hedis leid To gedere..They seydyn sothly al be on assent How that [etc.]. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 3961 Hir hedis they leyd to-gidir & begon to tell In what maner the vymmen shuld be answerid. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Biiiv Nay let vs our heddes togyder cast. 1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr I. Oldecastell f. 42 They drewe theyr heades togyther and at the last consented to vse an other practyse. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 247 They may call a Councell of warre, and lay their heads together. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 122 And there lay their heads together, and there consult of matters. View more context for this quotation 1730 T. Cooke Bays Misc. 16 As for the first [line], let all the Commentators in Europe set their Heads together, and ring..many Changes upon it. 1761 A. Murphy All in Wrong i. 17 Now are they putting their wise heads together to thwart all my schemes of happiness. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. v. 98 Those gossiping scenes of a play, in which the lacqueys, and waiting-maids lay their heads together. 1876 M. Reid Flag of Distress (1879) lviii. 291 The piratical crew bring their heads together, to deliberate about the final step. 1886 S. Baring-Gould Court Royal I. i. 17 We'll put heads together and consider what is to be done. 1901 R. N. Bain tr. M. Jokai Halil the Pedlar iv. 73 Not unless the Janissaries, or the Debejis, or the Bostanjis lay their heads together and agree to depose the Sultan. 1934 Z. Grey Code of West xii. 210 Let's get our heads together and plan the great razoo. 1998 Afr. News (Nexis) 25 Sept. SADC, the king, all parties in Lesotho, as well as civic society need to bring their heads together to find an interim solution for Lesotho. 2011 P. R. Naylor Incredibly Alice xxix. 260 A bunch of seniors put their heads together and come up with some big joke. < as lemmas |
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