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giltを含むイディオム | take the gilt off the gingerbread |
gingerbreadを含むイディオム | take the gilt off the gingerbread |
takeを含むイディオム | take the cake take the edge off take the gilt off the gingerbread take the place of take the road |
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take the gilt off the gingerbread
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In the Middle Ages, gingerbread cakes were decorated with a thin layer of gold leaf. Without this casing, they were considered to be humble offerings, generally being little more than flavoured but stale bread.[1][2]
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take the gilt off the gingerbread (三人称単数 現在形 takes the gilt off the gingerbread, 現在分詞 taking the gilt off the gingerbread, 過去形 took the gilt off the gingerbread, 過去分詞 taken the gilt off the gingerbread)
- (idiomatic) To take away the most attractive or appealing qualities of something; to destroy an illusion.
- 1837, Catherine Sinclair, chapter X, in Modern Society; or, The March of Intellect. The Conclusion of Modern Accomplishments, London: James Nisbet and Co., […]; Edinburgh: William Whyte and Co., […], OCLC 156191147, page 176:
- If you only say the word, we shall take the gilt off the gingerbread,—you guess what I mean,—but remember that Sir Robert Walpole said, ‘every man has his price.’
- 1850 May 11, “Provincial Correspondence. Music at Manchester.”, in The Musical World. A Record of Music, the Drama, Literature, Fine Arts, Foreign Intelligence, &c. and Complete Record of the Theatres and the Concert Room, volume XXV, number 19, London: Printed and published by W. S. Johnson, […], published 1851, OCLC 751702494, page 296, column 2:
- 1871 February 24, “Quidnunc” [pseudonym], “Notes by Quidnunc”, in The Mechanics’ Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, volume XXV (New Series; volume XXXIV overall), London: R. Smiles, Mechanics’ Magazine Office, […], published 1830, OCLC 183222409, page 131, column 1:
- Notwithstanding the unfinished state of the building [the Royal Albert Hall] and its approaches a concert is to be given in the hall to-morrow (February 25) by the aristocratic musicians, who have earned such a deservedly high reputation under their adopted designation of the "Wandering Minstrels." This first formal concert, which, by the way, seems like "taking the gilt off the gingerbread," is for the entertainment of the workmen of Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the contractors.
- 1909, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “The Progressive”, in George Bernard Shaw, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, OCLC 429358106, page 70:
- 1936, Dion Fortune, chapter XII, in The Goat Foot God, London: Williams and Norgate, OCLC 752972460; republished York Beach, Me.: Samuel Weiser, 1999, →ISBN, pages 119–120:
- According to the writer, Monks Farm bore a sinister local reputation, and was about as thoroughly haunted as any place could be, and in order to justify his thesis, he gave an account of its history. [...] The discussion that followed the reading of the paper, and which was recorded in all its wordy fullness, somewhat took the gilt off the gingerbread, however, for it was pointed out by persons familiar with local customs as well as local superstitions, that the empty buildings of Monks Farm had long been a favourite haunt of lovers without benefit of clergy.
参照
- ^ Gary Martin (1997–) , “Take the gilt off the gingerbread”, in The Phrase Finder, retrieved 26 February 2017; Gillian Riley (2001) , “Learning by Mouth: Edible Aids to Literacy”, in Harlan Walker, editor, Food and the Memory: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2000, Blackawton, Totnes, Devon: Prospect Books, →ISBN, page 195: “It has been suggested that the expression 'taking the gilt off the gingerbread' originated in the practice of selling off broken or defective pieces cheaply, presumably without the decoration of gold leaf that was often applied to the superior kinds of gingerbread.”
- ^ Compare “to take the gilt off the gingerbread, phrase” in “gilt, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2018; “take the gilt off the gingerbread, phrase” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
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