单词 | for love or money |
释义 | > as lemmasfor love or money d. for love or money: at any price, by any means. (Chiefly in negative contexts.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > impossibility > [adverb] > by no means no waya1400 in no sauce1542 for love or money?1576 nil1581 nohow1775 not exactly1893 OE Blickling Homilies 43 Ne wandige na se mæssepreost..ne for feo, ne for nanes mannes lufon. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. i. 101 And neuer leue hem for loue ne for lacchyng of syluer. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) l. 1484 in K. Brunner Mittelengl. Vers-roman über Richard Löwenherz (1913) 159 Neyþer ffor loue, neyther ffor eye.] ?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. G.iii My Lords Balife wil haue carts for loue or money. 1590 C. S. Briefe Resol. Right Relig. 18 Then should not men eyther for loue or money haue pardons. 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. E3v If you can (either for loue or money) prouide your selfe a lodging by the water side. 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers ii. i. 11 This lewd Cozen of ours..has had all the women in Town that are to be had for Love or Money. 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 Aug. (1948) II. 553 No more Ghosts or Murders now for Love or Money. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxxvi. 251 I'll be revenged of you, if there be a man to be had for love or money. 1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) i. 18 Any person who, for love or money, might be induced to take the letter in his charge. 1869 F. A. March Compar. Gram. Anglo-Saxon Lang. Pref. iv He let me..use..Anglo-Saxon texts not elsewhere to be had for love or money. 1928 Times 30 Aug. 8/4 It appears to be impossible to get a hold of a useful rabbit-chasing ferret, for love or money. 1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 93 Gigolos are unobtainable in London for love or money, but unemployed actors and male models may be had by the desperate. 1997 C. B. Divakaruni Mistress of Spices 248 You couldn't buy them from a dealer, not for love or money. < as lemmas |
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