| 单词 | finders keepers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinders keepers Proverb. finders keepers: whoever finds something is entitled to keep it. Cf. finding (is) keeping at finding n. Phrases.Quots. 1825 and 1828 show earlier forms of the proverb. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > acquisition or loss [phrase] > find or keep findings (are) keepings1807 finders keepers1831 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words at Halfers No halfers—findee keepee, lossee seekee. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xi. 98 According to the auld Scotch proverb of ‘He that finds keeps, And he that loses seeks’.] 1831 London Weekly Times 30 Oct. He had picked it up from the floor of the shop, and contended that he had as good a right to it as anybody else, by the old rule ‘finders keepers’. 1852 Dublin Univ. Mag. Apr. 443/2 The game of ‘Finders keepers, and losers seekers’, is played by more than children. 1895 V. F. Bernard Français Idiomatique 70 Qui va à la chasse, perd sa place. Finders, keepers; loosers, weepers. 1961 B. E. Wallace Death packs Suitcase vi. 60 In this game it's going to be finders keepers. 1992 I. Rankin Strip Jack (1993) vii. 139 It was, you know, like with treasure. Finders keepers. 2015 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 21 June Foul balls are free. Home run balls are valued possessions that cost nothing. Finders keepers, losers weepers. < as lemmas |
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