to make (a) shift. To succeed with difficulty, to manage with effort to do something. So †to make a hard shift.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty > do something with great difficulty (4) to make (a) shift1538 to make (a) shift. To succeed with difficulty, to manage with effort to do something. So †to make a hard shift. to make pottage of a flintc1576 In proverbial phrases. as plain as pottage: obvious, clearly apparent. to keep one's breath to cool one's pottage = to keep one's breath to cool one… to get (also wring) water from a flint1597 used to express extreme difficulty in doing something. to make a hard shift1639 to make (a) shift. To succeed with difficulty, to manage with effort to do something. So †to make a hard shift. |
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