英语词汇“an inch in a miss is as good as an ell”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A failure to hit something aimed at. Frequently in proverb a miss is as good as a mile, †an inch in a miss is as good as an ell and variants: a failure is a failure however near one may have been to success.

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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a failure to strike

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > failure to hit

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1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. 89 He throweth his stone, fetching his ronne, and maketh lightly a narowe mysse, thoughe it be a good waye of.

1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 303 An ynche in a misse is as good as an ell.

1674 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) II. 261 When it [sc. the attempt to murder the Archbishop of St Andrews] was putt to you, you said and uttered these or the like speeches, shame fall the miss, and that you should make the fire hotter.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 35 An Inch of a miss is as good as a span [misprinted spaw].

1788 Amer. Museum 3 382/1 A smart repartee..will carry you through with eclat—such as, ‘a miss is as good as a mile’.

1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry III. iii. 71 Going but half-way towards proof, it [sc. presumptive proof] can never amount to proof at all. For, as the saying is, a miss is as good as a mile.

1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 3 Dec. (1939) 28 He was very near being a poet—but a miss is as good as a mile, and he always fell short of the mark.

1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry xi. 237 Walter..evades the blow but the miss stretches his antagonist flat upon the ground.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 163 What seemed hits and what seemed misses in a certain fence-play.

1887 H. R. Haggard Jess v. 41 He has just killed half a dozen..partridges without a miss.

1937 Life 26 July 11/3 (advt.) They're fussy about fashion detail. They say in chic a miss is as good as a mile.

1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka xvi. 136 In some parts of the wilds 100 yards' miss is as good as 100 miles.

1987 Lancaster Guardian 2 Oct. 20/4 Striker Ian Kinsey was guilty of two dreadful misses, after he had twice been put clear with only the goalkeeper to beat.

单词	an inch in a miss is as good as an ell
释义	> as lemmas an inch in a miss is as good as an ell a. A failure to hit something aimed at. Frequently in proverb a miss is as good as a mile, †an inch in a miss is as good as an ell and variants: a failure is a failure however near one may have been to success. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a failure to strike miss1555 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > failure to hit miss1555 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. 89 He throweth his stone, fetching his ronne, and maketh lightly a narowe mysse, thoughe it be a good waye of. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 303 An ynche in a misse is as good as an ell. 1674 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) II. 261 When it [sc. the attempt to murder the Archbishop of St Andrews] was putt to you, you said and uttered these or the like speeches, shame fall the miss, and that you should make the fire hotter. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 35 An Inch of a miss is as good as a span [misprinted spaw]. 1788 Amer. Museum 3 382/1 A smart repartee..will carry you through with eclat—such as, ‘a miss is as good as a mile’. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry III. iii. 71 Going but half-way towards proof, it [sc. presumptive proof] can never amount to proof at all. For, as the saying is, a miss is as good as a mile. 1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 3 Dec. (1939) 28 He was very near being a poet—but a miss is as good as a mile, and he always fell short of the mark. 1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry xi. 237 Walter..evades the blow but the miss stretches his antagonist flat upon the ground. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 163 What seemed hits and what seemed misses in a certain fence-play. 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess v. 41 He has just killed half a dozen..partridges without a miss. 1937 Life 26 July 11/3 (advt.) They're fussy about fashion detail. They say in chic a miss is as good as a mile. 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka xvi. 136 In some parts of the wilds 100 yards' miss is as good as 100 miles. 1987 Lancaster Guardian 2 Oct. 20/4 Striker Ian Kinsey was guilty of two dreadful misses, after he had twice been put clear with only the goalkeeper to beat. extracted from missn.¹ < as lemmas
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