| 单词 | chance would be a fine thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschance would be a fine thing British colloquial. chance would be a fine thing and variants: it would be good if something (stated or implied) were true or likely, but it is not; the opportunity is unlikely to arise.Typically used as a rejoinder, expressing rueful or ironic resignation. ΚΠ 1912 W. S. Houghton Hindle Wakes I. i. 21 Why didn't you get wed?.. There is plenty would have had you. Chance is a fine thing. Happen I wouldn't have wed them. 1950 W. Graham Jeremy Poldark ii. iv. 240 What man did not at some time or another glance elsewhere; and who could complain if it remained at a glance? (Chance was a fine thing). 1969 Times 26 Apr. 22/4 Perhaps it is only cowards and slaves who say that ‘chance would be a fine thing’. 1982 M. Leigh Goose-pimples ii, in Abigail's Party & Goose-pimples (1983) 133 You can't say we're exactly involved, you and me, can you, eh?.. Not yet, anyway. Eh? Chance'd be a fine thing, eh? 1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) xxiv. 196 He would slap her on the bottom and say, ‘Chance would be a fine thing, eh Martha?’ 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 30 July (Office Hours) 2 To sleep, perchance to dream... Well, chance would be a fine thing. < as lemmas |
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