| 单词 | fall through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall through to fall through ΚΠ 1758 B. Franklin Let. 17 Feb. in Papers (1963) VII. 375 They have reason therefore to pray for some Success this Year to strengthen his Hands and his Interests..for if he should fall through, it is thought by many that his Place could scarcely be supplied. 1778 in Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 311 If he should fall through in that maneuver, he is determined to..harrass her parties. 1781 G. R. Clark in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 324 Should we fall through in our present plans..the Consequences will be fatal. 2. intransitive. Originally North American. Of a plan, agreement, project, etc.: to fail to be carried through; to come to nothing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing forworthc1000 folda1250 quailc1450 fruster?a1513 to come to nothing1523 to give out?1523 to fall to the ground?1526 quealc1530 to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604 intercide1637 to fall to dirt1670 to go off1740 to fall through1770 to fall apart1833 collapse1838 to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872 to blow up1934 to blow out1939 1770 G. Washington Let. 20 July in Writings (1935) III. 18 I am not without my doubts of your Schemes falling through, however sanguine your first hopes may be. 1838 Spirit of Times 28 July 189/2 The whole affair appears to have fallen through for some unaccountable reason. 1884 Manch. Examiner 22 May 5/1 The proposed amalgamation..fell through. 1953 H. Caldwell tr. M. de Assis Dom Casmurro xxxi. 63 She decided to study English with an old professor who was a friend and whist crony of her father; but it fell through. 2009 Financial Times 16 May (How to spend it Mag.) 61/4 Melanie..called to tell me this house was for sale because a previous deal had fallen through. to fall through —— to fall through —— intransitive. Scottish. To bungle, make a mess of. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at Fa) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire in 1950. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle botch1530 bungle1530 mumble1588 muddle1605 mash1642 bumble?1719 to fall through ——1726 fuck1776 blunder1805 to make a mull of1821 bitch1823 mess1823 to make a mess of1834 smudge1864 to muck up1875 boss1887 to make balls of1889 duff1890 foozle1892 bollocks1901 fluff1902 to make a muck of1903 bobble1908 to ball up1911 jazz1914 boob1915 to make a hash of1920 muff1922 flub1924 to make a hat of1925 to ass up1932 louse1934 screw1938 blow1943 to foul up1943 eff1945 balls1947 to make a hames of1947 to arse up1951 to fuck up1967 dork1969 sheg1981 bodge1984 1726 J. Harvey Coll. of Misc. Poems & Lett. 26 I Have fall'n through my Philosophy too much, to pretend to any further Skill in reasoning now, besides what mere natural Thinking..presents to me. 1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 51 The minstrel fairly tint his skill, For he fell through ilk tune. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) By her foolish airs, she's fa'n through her marriage. 1826 J. Hogg Noctes Ambrosianæ xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 756 The minister's fa'en through the text, An' Meg gets a' the blame o't. 1917 ‘O. Douglas’ Setons x His accent is wonderful, too. He hardly ever falls through it. < as lemmas |
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