gift

beware the Greeks bearing gifts: seeGreek.

the gift of the gab the ability to speak with eloquence and fluency.

☞ Gab, dating from the late 18th century, was an informal word for 'conversation or chatter'. In Scotland it was associated with gab, an early 18th-century dialect variant of gob meaning 'the mouth'.

the gift of tongues: seetongue.

God's (own) gift to -: seegod.

in the gift of (of a church living or official appointment) in the power of someone to award.

look a gift horse in the mouth find fault with what has been given or be ungrateful for an opportunity.

☞ The Latin version of the proverb don't look a gift horse in the mouth (noli…equi dentes inspicere donati) was known to St Jerome in the early 5th century ad. The 16th-century English form was do not look a given horse in the mouth.

2013Daily Telegraph The woman at the centre of a long-running divorce battle over a disputed fortune has been told by a judge she may have looked a gift horse in the mouth when turning down a £300 million settlement.

词组	gift
释义	gift beware the Greeks bearing gifts: seeGreek. the gift of the gab the ability to speak with eloquence and fluency. ☞ Gab, dating from the late 18th century, was an informal word for 'conversation or chatter'. In Scotland it was associated with gab, an early 18th-century dialect variant of gob meaning 'the mouth'. the gift of tongues: seetongue. God's (own) gift to -: seegod. in the gift of (of a church living or official appointment) in the power of someone to award. look a gift horse in the mouth find fault with what has been given or be ungrateful for an opportunity. ☞ The Latin version of the proverb don't look a gift horse in the mouth (noli…equi dentes inspicere donati) was known to St Jerome in the early 5th century ad. The 16th-century English form was do not look a given horse in the mouth. 2013Daily Telegraph The woman at the centre of a long-running divorce battle over a disputed fortune has been told by a judge she may have looked a gift horse in the mouth when turning down a £300 million settlement.
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