| 单词 | to take heart of grace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take heart of grace (and variants) a. to take heart of grace (and variants): to pluck up courage; (now chiefly) to take encouragement or comfort. Cf. to take heart at heart n., int., and adv. Phrases 3k(a). Also in extended use, with reference to things. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb] findOE to take (in early use nim) heartc1275 to have the heartc1300 to hent one's heartc1325 to pull upa1393 to fang upa1400 pluckc1400 to take courage1490 to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520 to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535 to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581 hearten1587 to pluck up one's courage1660 flesh1695 pluck up courage1726 to pick up1735 to call forth1802 to pluck up1827 to muster up1893 α. β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 748/1 I take herte a gresse, as one doth that taketh a sodayne courage upon hym, je prens cueur en pance.γ. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. B.iii Thou takest hart of grasse, wyfe, not hart of grace. Cum grasse, cum grace, syr, we grase both in one place.1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 182v He..confirmed eftsones his consent, willinge the desolate louer to take harte at grasse and repose himselfe chiefely vpon the aide of hys frendshippe.1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 43 The Fir tree..being cut, eyther hindred or hurt..it by and by taketh hart a grasse, and groweth..a little beneath his top.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 115 The Commons should take heart of grasse and hold up head againe.1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 866 Animated by his manly prowesse, they tooke heart to grasse, as the prouerbe is.?1663 Cavalier's Genius (single sheet) 1 But taking heart a Grass I spake To him whose Neck was long as Snake.δ. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. i. f. cccccxvi They [sc. evil wives] shame not to answer... They haue bene made dolts and foles long inough: it is now high time to take hart of grease vnto them.c1520 tr. Terence Andria iv. ii, in Terens in Eng. sig. C.iiiiv This mynd saue deth no man shall take me fro I take hart agrace [L. resipisco]. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xxii. 106 They takyng hart of grace agayne. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 197 He took heart of grace to court one of the youngest sprayes of the Imperiall Cedar for his Consort. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 141 His wife..took heart a-grace. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. iv. 19 He was afraid to venture himself alone with him: At last he took heart of Grace. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §10 321 The Loyallists began to chear up, and to take Heart-a-grace. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. vi. 127 The peasants, who at first shrunk from him in horror..took heart of grace as he got to a distance. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. i. 3 In a day or two, however, Tom began to take heart of grace, and to find himself oftener at Mary's side, with something to say. 1939 Syracuse Post-Standard (N.Y.) Herald 2 Feb. 17/4 Take heart of grace. Don't be too disappointed in your daughter and don't be discouraged. 1970 Times 18 Sept. 9/5 I hope that Mr. Maudling and the government take heart of grace, and reflect that London organs of opinion..do not reflect the silent majority. 2008 China Post (Nexis) 12 Feb. The problem facing Ma boils down to whether the great majority of islanders would accept him as ‘one of us’, just like Obama... Both can take heart of grace, though. < as lemmas |
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