单词 | to take time by the forehead |
释义 | > as lemmasto take time (or occasion) by the forehead c. Phrase. †to take time (or occasion) by the forehead: now usually by the forelock (see forelock n.2 2). ΚΠ 1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. I Take time now by the forehead, she is bald behind. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. v. sig. I3v Gallants, thinke vpon your Time, and take it by the forehead. 1633 T. Heywood Eng. Trav. iii, in Wks. (1874) IV. 47 Take Occasion by the forehead. < as lemmas |
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