| 单词 | to show the bull-horn |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto show the bull-horn c. In phrases (mostly proverbial): †he may bear a bull that hath borne a calf, in allusion to the story of Milo of Crotona (see quot.). a bull in a china shop: the symbol of one who produces reckless destruction. to take the bull by the horns: to meet a difficulty with courage. to show the bull-horn: to make a show of resistance. (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate: with direct violence or impetuosity; so bull-at-a-gate, used attributively to describe a direct and vigorous attack. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > one who braves danger > defy danger (person or thing) [verb] face1570 dare1580 out-countenancec1585 to stand up to1596 outdare1598 to carry it off1663 to take the bull by the horns1711 brave1776 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist > make show of resistance show1577 baya1657 to show the bull-horn1833 to put up1881 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless > specifically of actions, feelings, etc. recklessOE racklec1405 savagec1425 rash1533 hot-brained1556 rashful1567 blindfold1593 lavish1600 wretchless1607 blind1615 hand over head1682 wild goose1770 plunging1798 wild cat1890 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1896 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > off one's guard [phrase] > rashly or recklessly at all adventure (also adventures)1485 in flagrant blood1614 over shoes, over boots1653 neck or nothing1814 as if there were no tomorrow1847 (like a) bull at a (five-barred) gate1957 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.ij He that hath borne a calfe, shal also beare a bull, he that accustometh hym selfe to lytle thynges, by lytle & lytle shalbe hable to go away wyth greater thynges. 1711 J. Swift Conduct of Allies 58 To engage with France, was to take a Bull by the Horns. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 258 He had not, as the phrase goes, taken the bull by the horns, or advanced in front of the enemies fire. 1833 J. Galt in Fraser's Mag. 8 655 He shewed, when he durst, the bull-horn. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. xv. 267 I'm like a bull in a china-shop. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab vi. 107 Determined to take the bull by the horns..I stepped forward. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 14 Oct. 5/3 [He] cross-examined in his usual blusterous bull-at-a-gate sort of fashion. 1900 Daily News 22 May 3/1 They were accustomed to ‘bull-at-a-gate’ tactics, frontal attacks, and vigorous operations against almost impossible positions. 1957 Times 11 May 7/3 If the whole scheme is to be rushed through, bull at a gate, there is bound to be some initial chaos. 1963 Times 2 Mar. 3/4 Blair has always possessed cover and straight drives of the purest quality, but has usually adopted bull-at-a-gate tactics. < as lemmas |
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