| 单词 | when the pig is offered , hold open the poke |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhen the pig is offered (also proffered), hold open the poke ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > have opportunity [verb (intransitive)] > take opportunity when the pig is offered (also proffered), hold open the pokea1325 to strike while (also when) the iron is hotc1405 to take occasion1561 to take one's chance1791 a1325 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Cambr.) xxxvi, in Anglia (1881) 4 188–9 (MED) Wan man ȝevit þe a pig[v.r. gris], opin þe powch. c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 54 When me profereth þe pigge, opon þe pogh, For when he is an olde swyn, thow tyte hym nowȝt. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 Whan I profir the pig, opin the poke. 1579 U. Fulwell Ars Adulandi (new ed.) vi When Pig is proferd, ope the poke, my Nurse taught me that tricke. 1616 Withals' Dict. 579 Quod datur accipe, when the pig is offered, hold ope the poake. 1702 Libamina Junioribus Philologis Degustanda 38 When the pig is offered hold out the pock. 1751 L. Chambaud Idioms French & Eng. Langs. 253/1 When the pig's offered, hold up the pole [sic]. < as lemmas |
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