英语词汇“to wash an ass's head”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. Proverbs. †one hand washeth another (see quots. 1581, 1593). to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white); to wash an ass's head (or ears): to labour in vain (cf. 1b).

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain

to lose or spill one's whilec1175

to speak to the windc1330

tinec1330

to beat the windc1375

lose?a1513

to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529

to lose (one's) oil1548

to plough the sand (also sands)a1565

to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581

to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581

to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600

to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616

to bark against (or at) the moona1641

dead horse1640

to cast stones against the wind1657

dry-ditcha1670

baffle1860

to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 165 As one hand washeth another, and both of them the face, so one brother ought to support another.

1592 T. Lodge Euphues Shadow (1882) 53 Who washeth the Asses eares, looseth both his Sope and his labour.

1593 G. Harvey New Let. in Wks. (1884) I. 269 One hand washeth an other: and it apperteineth vnto him, that taketh something, to giue some~thing.

1604 J. Marston Malcontent iv. iii. sig. F3 I washt an Ethiop, who for recompence Sullyde my name.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 375 We mein nocht to tyne tyme in wassing of sic Moores.

1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox sig. Ii4^v I have now washt the Black-moore these five yeares, having yet received neither Sallery, wages or reward. marg. Laboured in vaine.

1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 155 He that washeth an asses head loseth both his lye and his labour.

a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) ii. ii. 70 For, beinge censurd, Or to extenuate or excuse my guilt Weare but to wash an Ethiop.

a1791 J. Wesley Serm. (1825) II. lxviii. 158 In the most elegant language, she labours to wash the Æthiop white.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 65 It is loss of time and soap to wash an ass's head.

单词	to wash an ass's head
释义	> as lemmas to wash an ass's head (or ears) d. Proverbs. †one hand washeth another (see quots. 1581, 1593). to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white); to wash an ass's head (or ears): to labour in vain (cf. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain to lose or spill one's whilec1175 to speak to the windc1330 tinec1330 to beat the windc1375 lose?a1513 to boil, roast, or wash a stonea1529 to lose (one's) oil1548 to plough the sand (also sands)a1565 to wash an ass's head (or ears)1581 to wash an Ethiop, a blackamoor (white)1581 to wash a wall of loam, a brick or tilea1600 to milk the bull (also he-goat, ram)1616 to bark against (or at) the moona1641 dead horse1640 to cast stones against the wind1657 dry-ditcha1670 baffle1860 to go, run or rush (a)round in circles1933 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 165 As one hand washeth another, and both of them the face, so one brother ought to support another. 1592 T. Lodge Euphues Shadow (1882) 53 Who washeth the Asses eares, looseth both his Sope and his labour. 1593 G. Harvey New Let. in Wks. (1884) I. 269 One hand washeth an other: and it apperteineth vnto him, that taketh something, to giue some~thing. 1604 J. Marston Malcontent iv. iii. sig. F3 I washt an Ethiop, who for recompence Sullyde my name. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 375 We mein nocht to tyne tyme in wassing of sic Moores. 1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox sig. Ii4^v I have now washt the Black-moore these five yeares, having yet received neither Sallery, wages or reward. marg. Laboured in vaine. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 155 He that washeth an asses head loseth both his lye and his labour. a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) ii. ii. 70 For, beinge censurd, Or to extenuate or excuse my guilt Weare but to wash an Ethiop. a1791 J. Wesley Serm. (1825) II. lxviii. 158 In the most elegant language, she labours to wash the Æthiop white. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 65 It is loss of time and soap to wash an ass's head. extracted from washv. < as lemmas
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