| 单词 | too hot to hold |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoo hot to hold (a person) P4. too hot to hold (a person): (of a place) not safe or pleasant for (a person) to remain in, owing to persecution, repercussions from past behaviour, etc. Cf. sense A. 9b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > too dangerous for (a person) too hot to hold (a person)1636 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker iv. i. sig. G3 The Towne I see was too hot to hold thee. 1648 M. Nedham Plea for King Epist. sig. Aij They will make your House too hot to hold you. 1736 H. Fielding Pasquin ii. 24 I'll make the House too hot to hold you. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 416/2 Her husband was on the pad in the country, as London was too hot to hold him. 1870 C. M. Yonge Cameos xcviii, in Monthly Packet Jan. 14 She..made St. Albans too hot to hold her. 1901 D. B. Hall & A. Osborne Sunshine & Surf 38 A hurried departure..of gentlemen who find these countries too hot to hold them. 1997 J. Pastor Land & Econ. in Anc. Palestine iv. 42 At first Jerusalem was too hot to hold him, but with the passing of time, and the king, he was able to renew his contacts. < as lemmas |
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