| 单词 | do the likeliest and hope the best |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdo the likeliest and hope the best With the. The course of action which seems most appropriate, beneficial, or advantageous. Often (and in later use only) in the proverb do the likeliest and God will do the best (also do the likeliest and hope the best). ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 379 ‘Be wryt or word, quhilk likis ȝow best till haiff?’ ‘In wryt’, thai said ‘it war the liklyast’. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 334 Then amang thaim thai thocht it best And ordanyt for the liklyest That the Queyne [etc.]..suld ga..till Kildromy. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 62 To eshew danger do ȝe the liklyest. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. B3 Do the likliest, and God will do the best. a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) 67 Do ye the likliest and pray God to do the best. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. ix. 16 Do the likliest and hope the best. 1883 Wives & Mothers of Bible 51 Remember always ‘The Lord will provide’. ‘Do the likeliest, and God will do the best’, as the old proverb says. 2011 www.retrocamera.net 24 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) [Q.] I have a working Praktica EE2... I'm not sure what it would be worth. Can you help? [A.] Do the likeliest, and God will do the best. < as lemmas |
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