| 单词 | to shake the dust from or off one's feet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shake the dust from or off one's feet b. to shake the dust from or off one's feet: lit. in the Gospel passages (see also to shake off at Phrasal verbs); hence allusively, to take one's departure from an uncongenial place. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > from an uncongenial place to shake the dust from or off one's feet1382 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > from an uncongenial place to shake the dust from or off one's feet1382 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark vi. 11 Sceacas..þæt asca of..fotum iurum, excutite puluerem de pedibus uestris. 1382 J. Wyclif Mark vi. 11 Shake awey the powdre fro ȝoure feet. 1677 tr. J. de Luna Pursuit Hist. Lazarillo in D. Rowland tr. Lazarillo (new ed.) vii. sig. O7 I shaked upon them the dust off [1622–1669 of] my shooes. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. v. 239 I then paid off my lodgings, and ‘shaking the dust from my feet’, bid a long adieu to London. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. vii. 234 At length, the pilgrim shook the dust off his feet at Heidelberg. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let vii. 181 Impressions of the United States, whose dust he had just shaken from off his feet—a country..so barbarous in every way. < as lemmas |
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