| 单词 | crook in one's lot |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrook in one's lot b. crook in one's lot: something untoward or distressing in one's experience: an affliction, trial. Scottish. ΚΠ a1732 T. Boston (title) The Crook in the Lot; or the Wisdom and Sovereignty of God displayed in the afflictions of men. a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1767) 14 The crook in the lot is the special trial appointed for every one. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 294 I trust to bear even this crook in my lot with submission. 1835 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 32 It is positively a great crook in my present lot. < as lemmas |
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