(informal) to try to save face, to try to dig oneself out of the hole one has made; to grasp at straws Synonym: se rattraper aux branches sauver la face...
(informal) to try to save face, to try to dig oneself out of the hole one has made; to grasp at straws Synonym: se raccrocher aux branches sauver la face...
Romanization: ji6 jin3 Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː²² t͡siːn³³/ 自薦 to recommend oneself 毛遂自薦 / 毛遂自荐 (máosuìzìjiàn) From 自 (ji, “self”) + 薦 (sen, “recommendation”)...
input 口一竹大月 (RMHKB), four-corner 62127, composition ⿰𧾷喬) clogs, shoes, straw sandals stand on tiptoe Kangxi Dictionary: page 1234, character 7 Dai Kanwa...
huge pillows they slept on while their slaves slept on hard boards and straw in filthy rat-infested cabins. 2007, Iceland Review, H.J. Hamar, page 227:...
pitched up on top of a hill, and shaking to every blast o' wind like a straw upon the waters […] disgracen himself an' all belongen to him. There'll...
stipulō Probably derived from stipula (“blade or wisp of straw”), that played a symbolic role when the partners formally confirmed the agreement. Given...
and grinding I'll make her. And, besides that, I'll make her collect the straw at noon. I'll render her as burnt and black as coal. c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar...
(something one has done). 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I: VVhat villaine, doſt ſtrike me? I ſweare by the rood, As I am...
impel towards (oneself); to attract: To extract; to draw out (moisture or liquid) To lead or bring (something); to take with oneself. To put, take, or...