英语词组can't call his soul his own是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

can't call (one's) soul (one's) own

Spends most of one's time working for others. Now that I've started working overtime four days a week, I really can't call my soul my own.

can't call one's soul one's own

Fig. working for other people all the time. Jane has to work two jobs and take care of both her aging parents. She can't call her soul her own. Between supporting his family and working off his brother's bad debts, Bob really can't call his soul his own.

can't call one's soul one's own

To be very much in debt or bondage to another; to have lost one’s independence. This turn of phrase dates from the sixteenth century and has been repeated ever since. In Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop (1841, Chapter 4), “She daren’t call her soul her own” is said of Mrs. Quilp, wife of the tyrannical dwarf, Daniel.

词组	can't call his soul his own
释义	(redirected from can't call his soul his own) can't call (one's) soul (one's) own Spends most of one's time working for others. Now that I've started working overtime four days a week, I really can't call my soul my own. can't call one's soul one's own Fig. working for other people all the time. Jane has to work two jobs and take care of both her aging parents. She can't call her soul her own. Between supporting his family and working off his brother's bad debts, Bob really can't call his soul his own. can't call one's soul one's own To be very much in debt or bondage to another; to have lost one’s independence. This turn of phrase dates from the sixteenth century and has been repeated ever since. In Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop (1841, Chapter 4), “She daren’t call her soul her own” is said of Mrs. Quilp, wife of the tyrannical dwarf, Daniel.
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