单词 | all to nothing |
释义 | > as lemmasall to nothing a. all to nothing: by the largest possible margin or odds; to the fullest extent. it is all to nothing: it is almost certain, odds on; cf. ten to one at ten adj., n., and adv. Phrases 2. Now only in Phrases 12b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 1606 Wily Beguilde 67 Faith Sir, its all to nothing but your daughter and M. Churms are gone both one way. 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 311 It is then all to nothing, but that the whole hundred of great Ships..shall either suffer Shipwrack upon the Shore, or be constrained to render themselves to their enemies. 1691 J. Wilson Belphegor ii. i. 16 Bubbled!—by this good Light, merely bubbled!—and, when (one wou'd have thought) I had him, all to nothing. 1723 S. Centlivre Artifice i. 14 I had the Game all to Nothing, having Point, Quint, and Quatorze, the first Deal, had not the old Fellow come in, and forc'd us to throw up our Cards. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. viii. 53 And has carry'd his Point all to nothing, as the Racing Gentlemen say. 1777 H. L. Thrale Diary June in Thraliana (1942) I. 83 'Tis a strange thing now says Goldsmith one Night at the Club, that I should be defeated so in this Argument; for I talkd it all over this Morning by myself and had the better of you all to nothing. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. ix. 260 Why a voyage to India was all to nothing a better venture than marriage. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 67 The most beautiful tree, or, rather, group of trees, all to nothing, is the Bamboo. 1845 D. O. Maddyn Let. 3 Sept. in C. G. Duffy Thomas Davis (1890) viii. 354 The ‘Ballad Poetry of Ireland’ is admirable. It is all to nothing the best edited collection I ever saw. < as lemmas |
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