| 单词 | to throw reins on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw reins on P3. In figurative phrases with reference to a constraint or check being applied to something, as to throw reins on. Now rare. ΚΠ 1609 G. Chapman Euthymiae Raptus sig. C3 But this is Learning; To haue skill to throwe Reignes on your bodies powres, that nothing knowe. 1654 J. Wells Prospect Eternity xvii. 285 Every sinner, did not Gods mercy throw a chaine over him, he would make his grave in his own wounds. 1660 R. Sanderson 10 Lect. iv. 201 This were to throw a Snare on the Consciences of his Subjects. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iv, in Tales Crusaders III. 117 That modest pride, which throws fetters even on love itself. 2013 Sunday Times (Nexis) (N. Ireland ed.) 22 Sept. 11 Dublin selectors saw a player with lightning speed and an appetite for work who..could also kick and buck like a horse in need of wrangling. Even if they could throw reins on him, no one was sure what might happen. < as lemmas |
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