| 单词 | to sit tall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit tall In a tall manner; elatedly, proudly; to walk tall, to carry one's head high; to have dignity or self-respect; to sit tall, to sit erect, with a straight back (in quot. figurative). Also in combinations, as tall-talking. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > retain one's self-respect [verb (intransitive)] to hold up one's head1553 to walk tall1846 to live with oneself1962 the world > space > relative position > posture > assume or hold a posture [verb (intransitive)] > hold body in a posture > with head held high to walk tall1846 the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] > upright to sit upa1535 to sit up1848 to sit up like Jacky1918 to sit tall1976 1846 T. B. Thorpe Myst. Backwoods 131 (Bartl.) I will walk tall into varmint and Indian. 1860 W. M. Thackeray De Finibus in Roundabout Papers (1862) 282 The sin of grandiloquence, or tall-talking. 1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks vi. 72 I 'm 'mazing proud on 't. I tell you I walk tall. 1970 Guardian 3 June 20/6 Officials gave the doctors folders entitled, ‘Walk Tall in Australia’. 1970 Guardian 6 Aug. 9/1 Walk tall, sisters... One woman's distinction adds a tiny bit to the stature of every other woman. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 6 July 3 d/6 ‘We need to sit tall in the saddle and ride like hell in the right direction,’ the governor added. 1980 Times 15 Feb. 16/8 ‘Walk tall,’ say the television commercials [in Hongkong], ‘report corruption.’ < as lemmas |
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