英语词汇lead by the nose的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

lead by the nose. The allusion here is to animals like oxen, horses, and asses who from early times were led around by bit and bridle or by a rope attached to a ring hanging from the sep- tum of the nose. Even wild animals like bears and lions were led around Roman arenas by a rope attached to a ring in the nose. Therefore, someone who leads another by the nose domi- nates him or holds him under submission. The idea is found in the Bible (Isa. 37:29): “Because thy rage against me, and thy tu- mult is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and thy bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way which thou camest.”

词汇	lead by the nose
词源	lead by the nose. The allusion here is to animals like oxen, horses, and asses who from early times were led around by bit and bridle or by a rope attached to a ring hanging from the sep- tum of the nose. Even wild animals like bears and lions were led around Roman arenas by a rope attached to a ring in the nose. Therefore, someone who leads another by the nose domi- nates him or holds him under submission. The idea is found in the Bible (Isa. 37:29): “Because thy rage against me, and thy tu- mult is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and thy bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way which thou camest.”
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