| 单词 | from bad to worse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrom bad (also †evil, †ill, †wick) to worse (a) from bad (also †evil, †ill, †wick) to worse: indicating the deterioration of an already bad situation or condition.Sometimes paired with from worse to worst at Phrases 3c(b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] > at the or one's worst > progressively worse from bad (also evil, ill, wick) to worsea1425 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Corpus Cambr. 61) (1895) iv. l. 840 Fro wikke [a1413 Pierpont Morgan wo] I go to worse. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xviii. sig. h1v Ffor he goth euer from euyl to werse. c1510 Of Euyll Tonges But an yll tonge so brode renneth the sounde Fro bad to worse and so myscheef spedys. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. viii. sig. Kiiv Suche dryftes draue he, from yll to wars and wars. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Mviiv He by vnrepentaunce fel from euyll to worse, and from worse, to worste of al. 1550 T. Lever Fruitfull Serm. in Shroudes sig. B.viiiiv You whych haue gotten these goodes into your own handes, to turne them from euyll to worse. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 12 Must not the world wend in his commun course From good to badd, and from badde to worse, From worse vnto that is worst of all..? 1639 J. Taylor Part Summers Trav. 43 You draw us from bad to worse, and from worse to worst. 1649 C. Wase tr. Sophocles Electra 38 See then lest Bad enough to Worse advance. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 106 Thus will this latter, as the former World, Still tend from bad to worse . View more context for this quotation 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxvi*. 85 How easy it is to go from bad to worse, when once People give way to Vice. 1789 T. Jefferson Let. 15 Mar. in Papers (1958) XIV. 660 They are in constant progression from bad to worse. 1840 J. H. Frere Knights 83 His nastiness and lewdness, going on from bad to worse. 1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte I. vii. 87 The land went from bad to worse. 1925 S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby (1974) i. 30 Things went from bad to worse, until finally he had to give up his position. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) 2 Tim. iii. 13 Wicked men and charlatans will make progress from bad to worse. 2006 In the Know 10 Oct. 16/3 But the situation went from bad to worse as Vicky chased her losses. < as lemmas |
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