| 单词 | to take soup |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (the) soup Irish English colloquial. to take (the) soup: to convert from Catholicism to Protestantism; (hence in extended use) to switch one's allegiances, esp. in a manner perceived as a betrayal of a cause or principle.The phrase derives from the Great Famine (Great Famine n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e), when it was alleged that food relief provided by Protestant bible societies was made conditional on the recipient converting to the faith or receiving Protestant teaching (cf. quot. 1853). Cf. souper n.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles declinec1374 starta1450 revert?a1525 to fall away1535 to turn (one's) tippet1546 revolt1549 shrink1553 to turn one's coat1565 to come over1576 apostate1596 to change (one's) sides1596 defect1596 renegade1611 to change foot1618 to run over1643 to face about1645 apostatize1648 tergiverse1675 tergiversate1678 desert1689 apostasize1696 renegado1731 rat1810 to cross the floor1822 turncoat1892 to take (the) soup1907 turn1977 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > conversion to Protestantism > convert to Protestantism [verb (intransitive)] Protestantize1829 to take (the) soup1907 1853 M. A. Sadlier New Lights 17 ‘She gets soup from the Bible-readers—she's not to be trusted, Father O'Driscoll.’ ‘Well!’ said the priest calmly... ‘Is it true, Katty, that you take “the soup”?’] 1907 Irish Monthly May 260 None of our people had ‘taken soup’. 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends v. viii. 591 He's a Protestant, right? With a name like that? Somebody in his family took the soup, sure as hell. 2006 Irish Independent (Nexis) 20 Dec. [He] has taken the soup and joined the serried ranks of those right across the media who want to convert this democratic republic into a one party state. < as lemmas |
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