| 单词 | to sit on one's hands |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit on one's hands Phrases P1. to sit on (also upon) one's knees (also †knee). Formerly also †to sit aknee (see aknee adv. 1) (obsolete).Senses Phrases 1a and Phrases 1b show considerable overlap, since the action may be viewed as either beginning or continuing. a. To rest the body on the knees; to be in a kneeling posture. Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish. ΚΠ eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. ix. 73 Þeh þe hie hiene meðigne on cneowum sittende metten. a1300 Passion our Lord l. 106 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 40 He hit bitauhte iudas, þat alle hit myhte iseo, Þer he wes bivoren him and set on his kneo. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 3359 This Maiden, which sat on hire knes Tofore the king. 1593 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1877) (modernized text) 3rd Ser. 155 All the time he was before them, the President forced him to sit upon his knees. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 120 He sitting vpon his knees before hir, keping a gret grauite. a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xx. 155 On that dry place where the mud is poured forth, sit certain women upon their knees. 1706 tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China viii. 34 They sit on their Knees with clasped Hands. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. vii. 115 While he sat on his knees before me, mopping and mowing. 1954 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 22 Nov. 8/3 After sitting on her knees for a long period of time, her entire left side fell asleep. 2013 @madibridgess 24 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 27 Oct. 2017) I was the only one who had to cross their arms and sit on their knees for pictures. b. To get down on one's knees; to kneel down. Cf. to sit down 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (intransitive)] > assume kneeling posture to bend, bow, drop, fold, put the (one's) kneec950 kneec1000 to sit on one's kneesOE to sit downa1450 to strike down1616 OE Daniel 180 Þa hie for þam cumble on cneowum sæton. OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Esther (transcript of lost MS) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 96 Se cyning..het hi ealle sittan on cneowum to him, swa swa to þam cyninge. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 2709 Þou wost ful wel..Þat aþelwold þe dide site On knes. a1350 St. Juliana (Ashm.) (1957) 83 Heo sat akne and bad our lord þat he hire scholde lere. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. lxxxxvv/2 Assone as the preestys were gone and departed she satte on hir knees. 1648 Parliaments Dreames 4 That the Priest may have the more..attendance of all the people, to raile at his pleasure on those Delinquents.., before he command them to sit on their knees. 1844 Newcastle Courant 9 Aug. 3/1 He..took hold of both my hands, sat upon his knees, and said God would bless me. 1995 alt.sex.stories 15 Apr. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 10 Nov. 2017) He led her into the other room and forced her to sit on her knees in front of him. 2008 R. Van Meers & D. Chase Lost in Fog iii. 19 We had to turn our chairs around real quiet, sit on our knees, and put our hands up on the back of the chair. ΚΠ OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 31 Þæt sy æghwær, ge on weorce, ge on gebedhuse,..and swa hwær swa he sy sittende, standende, oðþe gangende [L. sedens uel ambulans uel stans]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20840 (MED) Ihesus, do me to luue þe sua þat quer i sitt [a1400 Fairf. sitte, a1400 Coll. Phys. site] or stand or ga þat lijf ne ded ne wil ne wa Mai neuer turn mi hert ne fra. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 51 (MED) Saue us all wher so we be, whethyr we syttyn, walk, or stonde. 1581 T. Rogers S. Augustines Manuel xxvii. 27 Whether he sitteth, or walketh, or resteth, or whatsoeuer he doth, his heart is with God. 1600 J. Perrott 1st Part Consideration Humane Condition vi. 15 For as a man, which is in a shippe sailing on the seas, whither he sitte, stande, or walke, the shippe still goeth on her way, and he that is in her, goeth with her. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) i. ccxviii. 13 Whether she walks, or sits, or stands, or lies, Her wretched self still in her self she fries. P3. to sit in (formerly †at) judgement. Frequently with on or upon, occasionally also with of.Compare earlier instances of the parallel construction with doom n. at main sense 3a. a. To preside as or in the manner of a judge at a trial. ΚΠ c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 5 That na iustice, schireff [etc.]..sal sit at iugment to be done apon the folowyng. 1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 317 Whanne the maistris..sitte in iugement or in examinacioun or in cominicacioun of the seid craft with the hool felowschip. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxj The kyng hymself came into Kent, & there sat in iudgement vpon the offendors. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. ii. 111 A little fouresquare hall, in which the Parliaments are yeerely held, and the Viceroyes weekely sit in iudgement. a1645 W. Browne Wks. (1772) III. 157 In the morn, they hang and draw, And sit in judgement after. 1748 H. Walpole 2nd & 3rd Let. to Whigs 52 The only Man on whom he ever sat in Judgment, was innocent. 1853 L. A. Buckingham Bible in Middle Ages 77 There can be no hope of a fair trial when the prosecutor sits in judgement. 1933 G. Faber Oxf. Apostles x. vi. 434 The Vice-Chancellor selected six Doctors to sit in judgment upon the sermon. 2001 Philadelphia Inquirer 9 Oct. a 2/4 Gacaca , or traditional justice, involves members of a Rwandan community sitting in judgment of their peers suspected of committing a crime. b. figurative. To make a judgement or criticism of someone or something, generally from a position of (assumed) superiority. ΚΠ 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 89v Lette the learned sitte in iudgement vpon that matter. 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. xiii. 372 Maister Whitaker taketh not vpon him to sit in iudgement of all the Doctors, although he may note some errour or other, in euery one of them. 1639 W. Laud Relation Conf. Lawd & Fisher 166 A man that lives religiously, doth not..sit in Iudgement, and Condemne with his mouth all Prophane Livers. 1791 C. Reeve School for Widows III. x. 45 I have no right to sit in judgment upon your conduct, Sir: I leave it to your own conscience to decide upon it. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. iii. 77 Less capable of sitting in judgment on an erring woman's heart. 1961 L. Gelber Amer. in Britain's Place v. 134 Not that these [complaints] are always warranted or come from those who have earned the right to sit in judgment. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 July 22/2 The resentment many East Germans felt at West Germans sitting in judgment on them. P4. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > affect intensely [verb (intransitive)] settlea1300 sinka1375 soundc1374 sticka1400 to sit at (also close to, near, nigh, next) one's hearta1425 to lie (also come, go) nearc1475 set1607 to go (also come) neara1616 penetratea1616 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 2846 Iwys he sittith so nere myne herte To speke of hym at eve or morwe It cureth me of all my sorwe. c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) l. 18 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 383 My sekenes sat ay so nygh myn hert. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 106 There befell unto him another mischiefe, that sate as neere hys skirtes as the death of his dilling. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. iii. 429/1 Whose sinnes beganne to sit so neere his heart..that hee sore repented him of the same. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 386 Your Brothers death I know sits at your heart. View more context for this quotation 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 39 Of all my misfortunes, the greatest that ever befell mee, and which sits closest to my heart. 1713 J. Addison Cato i. iv When discontent sits heavy at my heart. 1754 W. Whitehead Crėu̇sa v. 68 This Action of the Queen sits near my Heart. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. v. 65 The anguish and uncertainty which sat heavy at his heart. b. to sit heavily (also heavy): to press or weigh heavily on a person, a person's heart, etc. Conversely to sit easy (also lightly). Cf. to sit on —— 5 at Phrasal verbs 2, to sit upon —— 5 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 256 + 13 Woe doth the heauier sit, Where it perceiues it is but faintly borne. View more context for this quotation 1640 S. Harding Sicily & Naples iii. vii. 52 My wrongs Sit heavy here. 1700 J. Nesbitt Funeral Serm. 10 Now they [sc. your sins] seem light and sit easy. 1847 W. Hazlitt tr. A. de Vigny Cinq-Mars xvii. 198 I have kept great secrets in my heart, and believe me, they have sat heavily there. 2014 P. Matyszak Rom. Empire i. 29 Not only did Roman rule sit lightly, it is probable that many of the common people were unaware that they were Roman subjects at all. P5. to sit on the (also one's) throne: to hold the position of ruler, to reign. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > sole rule > rule as monarch [verb (intransitive)] reignc1325 rikec1350 to sit on the (also one's) throne1538 to wield the (also a, one's) sceptre1567 monarchize1592 regalize1599 royalize1606 thronea1616 monarcha1653 sovereignize1661 1538 Certeine Prayers & Godly Meditacyons sig. Bviv Thou..gauest hym a sone syttinge vpon his trone, as it is at this day. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour i. ii. 12 That Monarch sits not safely on his Throne, Who bears, within, a power that shocks his own. 1853 1793 & 1853, in 3 Lett. 29 The result is, this present year 1853, a Bonaparte..sitting upon the French throne. 1989 L. Lochhead Mary Queen of Scots 23 And you think gin I sat on St Gile's hard pews on a Sunday I'd sit surer oan ma ain throne a' week lang? 2002 Independent 27 May 15/7 The Queen has sat on her throne for 50 years. P6. to sit at the feet of: to be the disciple or pupil of (a person), to learn from (a teacher); (also) to pay homage to (a person). ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > be pupil of to go to school (to, (also with))a1450 to sit at the feet of1578 to sit under ——1631 to be up to1874 1578 W. Gace tr. M. Luther Special & Chosen Serm. viii. 101 I will like vnto Marie, sit at his feete to heare his worde. 1597 P. Barker Prophecie of Agabus sig. B5v Let him that sate in Moses chaire sometime sit at Gamaliels feete. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. xxiii. 136/2 How Learnedly he now conveyed all the Liberal Arts unto those that sat at his Feet. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iv. 110 You want a woman..to sit at your feet, and cry ‘O caro! O bravo!’ whilst you read your Shakspeares, and Miltons. 1926 G. M. Trevelyan Hist. Eng. v. iii. 557 They [sc. the Whigs] had sat at the feet of Edmund Burke. 1971 Nature 5 Mar. 2/2 It is clear that there are far more universities per square mile in Britain than are necessary to enable students to sit at the feet of some teacher or other. 2002 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 20 Dec. 14 I was there to sit at the feet of the masters. P7. colloquial. to sit on one's arse (also ass, backside, bum, etc.): to do nothing, to be idle; to fail to take action.rare before 20th cent. ΚΠ 1589 Rare Triumphes Loue & Fortune iii. sig. C. iii Hee'le doo nothing all day long but sit on his arse. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 295 Sit on your Arse, and call your Sorrans [i.e. Servants]. A Reproof to them that would have others do for them, what they ought to do themselves. 1945 W. S. Burroughs in W. S. Burroughs & J. Kerouac And Hippos were boiled in their Tanks (2008) iii. 27 Do you expect to have money sitting on your ass? Go to work in a shipyard. 1962 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 15 Oct. 4/2 Our senators have been sitting on their backsides doing nothing for us. 1993 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 27 Feb. I don't like sitting on my bum so we work hard to get what we need. 2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 15 Sept. hs7 It just felt better to come up and help than sit on our arses complaining. P8. how the wind sits and variants: what the state of affairs is, how things are. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 98 That she should so dote on signior Benedicke... Bene. Ist possible? sits the wind in that corner ? View more context for this quotation 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles i. i Sits the winde there? blowes there so calme a gale From a contemned and deserued anger? 1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table iv. i. 42 Ha, Captain, how sits the Wind between you and your Mistress? 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 23 So soon as the Marquis's political agent found how the wind sate, he began [etc.]. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona vi. 63 Is it so the wind sits? 1939 Irish Times 24 July 6/7 The whispers of peace..are generally regarded as a balloon sent up just to see how the wind sits. 2000 Times 27 June 27/5 The official British position is that majority voting on treaty changes..and funding..are..‘no go areas’. But that is not the way the wind sits. P9. Nautical. to sit on (also upon) her anchor: (of a ship) to come to rest with the hull in contact with the anchor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > be or remain inactive to lie muzzledc1643 to sit on (also upon) her anchor1871 1871 Naut. Mag. June 414 It frequently happens,..that the range of tide given in the tide tables and charts is misunderstood, and the ship ‘sews’ or sits on her anchor. 1901 Daily Chron. 28 Dec. 9/2 Henriette (French barque), supposed sat upon her anchor in Astoria Harbour. 1990 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 2 July 41 As the vessel sat on the anchor, it probably caused the crown and tip of the shank to pierce No. 1 center tank. P10. from where one is sitting: according to one's own perspective on a particular issue, situation, or problem; in one's opinion, from one's point of view. ΚΠ 1907 Ada (Okla.) Weekly Democrat 1 Feb. From where we are sitting it looks to us as though that hide-bound type of politician and business is always let most severely alone by voters and the purchasing public. 1961 Establish Dept. Urban Affairs & Housing: Hearings before Subcomm. on Reorganization & Internat. Organization (87th Cong., 1st Sess.) 149 From where I am sitting it is just the old simple problem of selfishness. 2014 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 23 Feb. Well, do you feel better off? Does it seem like a Goldilocks economic recovery from where you're sitting? P11. Originally Air Force slang. to sit on a person's tail: to follow very closely behind a plane in order to shoot it down; (hence) to follow very closely behind a vehicle, person, etc., typically while waiting for a chance to overtake; cf. to be on someone's tail at tail n.1 11h. ΚΠ 1917 Youth's Compan. 18 Oct. 576/1 An enemy descends on you from the clouds above and, ‘sitting on your tail’, weaves a wreath of bullets from a machine gun round you. 1936 Irish Times 18 May (City ed.) 7/3 There is nothing more unnerving than to have another driver, with a car apparently as fast as yours, sitting ‘on your tail’ for lap after lap. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 26 Aug. If you've got some guy who's sitting on your tail who's just about as fast as you are.., you just break the wind for him and he's nice and fresh at the end and for sure he's going to beat you. 2009 M. Beaumont Man who cycled World (2011) 341 A guy sat on my tail revving, despite loads of room to overtake. P12. to sit on one's hands. a. U.S. Of an audience, an assembly, etc.: to withhold or be sparing of applause. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > withhold applause to sit on one's hands1917 1917 N.Y. Times 30 Dec. x. 4/6 Vaudeville actors have a varied way of describing audiences when asked..: ‘How are they out front today?’ The answers range from ‘They're sitting on their hands’..to: ‘Great, kid; they eat it up.’ 1926 E. Ferber Show Boat vi. 106 Well, they were sitting on their hands to-night, all right. Seemed they never would warm up. 1948 Newsweek 16 July 19/1 Listlessly, the convention sat on its hands at all mentions of Mr. Truman in the opening speeches. 1999 Vanity Fair Sept. 326/2 The Committee Against Silence ran ads..stating their opposition to the award and urging members of the audience at the Oscar ceremonies to ‘sit on their hands’ when Kazan appeared. b. Originally U.S. To be inactive, to take no action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] emptyeOE to tell the clock1527 idle1668 to kick one's heels1703 twirl1777 gammer1788 to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers1846 to make (also do) kef1852 goof1932 doss1937 to sit on one's hands1939 to bugger about ——1946 to spin one's wheels1960 1939 Washington Post 18 Oct. 11/6 Even assuming the German air force to be as great as the most extravagant rumors insist..Great Britain and France have not been sitting on their hands, either. 1959 Listener 1 Jan. 4/1 This helped to reduce the number of constituency associations, who had to be persuaded by MacDonald or Gladstone to sit on their hands or, worse still, toil for their ally. 1972 Guardian 19 May 12/3 Opposition MPs who only yesterday sat on their hands to let Herr Brandt's Ostpolitik treaties through the Bundestag were back on their feet again this morning. 2009 Independent 16 Feb. 29/1 Ministers are sitting on their hands while irresponsible retailers continue to sell alcohol at pocket money prices. P13. slang (originally North American). sit on it and variants: used, with imperative force, to express hostility, contemptuous dismissal, or defiant indifference. Also in elaborated variants such as sit on it and rotate, sit on it and spin, sit on it and swivel, etc.Sometimes accompanied (on the part of the speaker) by the obscene gesture of a closed fist with raised middle finger (see finger n. Phrases 4t(a)(iii)).Quot. 1950 may show this sense, but could show to sit on —— 1c at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1950 H. E. Goldin Dict. Amer. Underworld Lingo 195/1 Sit on it! (Always spoken sharply or sarcastically) Keep it! Save it! Hoard it! [Note: This gross idiom is a favorite reply to convicts who are reluctant to lend or give when asked.]] 1965 A. Ginsberg Let. 19 Nov. (2008) 311 Now you got blood on your hands. And if you don't like that, sit on it. 1972 E. Grogan Ringolevio iii. 235 They began calling him..a cultural rip-off artist. Graham reacted..by raising his middle finger and inviting them all to ‘sit on this and rotate!’ 1977 G. Hewitt Working for Yourself 264 The contract says I've got to wait five years for the copyright to belong to me. Well, they can just sit on it and spin as far as I'm concerned. 1996 alt.tasteless.jokes 4 Oct. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 6 May 2020) Here are a couple of jokes..designed to offend almost anybody. If you dont [sic] like them, sit on it and swivel! 2015 S. King Finders Keepers 135 His mother..was teaching..at City College to make extra money. Morris knew she loathed those classes.., and that was just fine with him. Sit on it, Ma, he thought. Sit on it and spin. P14. slang. to sit on a person's face: to sit, kneel, or squat over a sexual partner's mouth, in order to receive cunnilingus, anilingus, or fellatio. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex [verb (intransitive)] gamahuche1880 to go downc1895 Frenchc1928 gobble1928 suck1928 plate1961 to sit on a person's face1968 1968 A. Warhol A 21 Certain days I guess my asshole must have a special flavor... If somebody says to you, ‘Oh please sit on my face’, what, what can you do? 1971 Great Speckled Bird 22 Nov. 7/1 It's an almost totally sexist movie. Women are 99% sex objects, nothing more. ‘I want to fuck the harpist’.., ‘come sit on my face’, and ‘all rock musicians are looking for pussy’. 2010 S. Woods Kisser xxxiii. 158 Somebody mounted him and somebody else sat on his face. < as lemmas |
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