单词 | to turn one's coat |
释义 | > as lemmasto turn one's coat 13. Proverbs and Phrases. †to baste (pay, etc.) his coat: to beat him. †to be in any one's coat: to be in his place, ‘stand in his shoes’. to cut the coat according to the cloth: see cloth n. 10, cut v. 45 to trail one's coat: see trail v.1 1d †to turn one's coat: to change or abandon one's principles, desert one's party, apostatize (cf. turncoat n. and adj.). to wear the king's coat: to serve as a soldier. And others: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > be a substitute [verb (intransitive)] to stand for ——OE to stand in a person's stead?a1515 to be in any one's coat1530 walk1558 to serve the turn of1565 succenturiate1647 commute1653 to hand the saw1654 substitute1675 surrogate1681 to be in (another person's) shoes1767 substitute1888 pinch-hit1911 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/2 I coyle ones kote, I beate hym. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. xvv The englyshe prouerbe sayeth thus: Nere is my cote but nerer is my shyrt. 1549 in P. F. Tytler Eng. under Edward VI & Mary (1839) I. 171 (modernized text) I would not be in some of their coats for five marks. a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) vi. 31 It is but vaine to saie this, If I had been in Adam's coate. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 107/2 We shall see these backesliders, which knowe the Gospell, reuolt & turne their cotes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iv. i. 30 I would not be in some of your coats for two pence. View more context for this quotation 1636 J. Henshaw Horæ Succisivæ (ed. 4) 72 His charity begins at home, and there it ends: neare is his coat, but neerer is his skin. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1972) VI. 77 He desired me that I would baste his coate. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 22 July (1974) VIII. 348 I wish he had paid this fellow's coat well. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xxi. 166 I thought you had worn the king's coat! to turn one's coat d. to turn one's coat: to change sides, to desert one's party or principles. Cf. turncoat n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [verb (intransitive)] > in conduct to turn one's coat1565 convert?1575 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 1565 R. Shacklock tr. S. Hozjusz Hatchet of Heresies 74 Howe many tymes Melancthon hath turned his cote in this one opinion. 1577 J. Grange Garden in Golden Aphroditis sig. Oiijv Now must I turne my coate and cleaue vnto my God, Desiring pardon for my crime. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 196 That all the Protestants would either turn their Coats, Copies, arms, or fly away. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 210 Sir John Urrie, a soldier..who had already changed sides twice during the Civil War, and was destined to turn his coat a third time before it was ended. 1946 G. Millar Horned Pigeon ix. 130 Like good policemen all over the world, they were only too willing to turn their coats (to keep law and order, of course). 2002 Philadelphia Weekly 17 Apr. 15/2 The mass mailing sent to GOP backers across the state had local voter-registration officials telling the Inquirer that a few thousand locals have turned their coats. < as lemmas |
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