| 单词 | a bad break |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa bad break i. A mistake, blunder; esp. in a bad break: a serious mistake. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder blunder1706 blunderbuss1726 floor1841 bull1846 howler1872 atrocity1878 break1884 bloomer1889 boner1912 bish1937 black1939 blue1941 cock-up1946 piss-up1950 screw-up1950 blob1952 1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 200 Possibly science may be wrong. We have known science to make bad little breaks. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 146 You've made one or two bad breaks since you've been in town. 1897 Congr. Rec. Feb. 2364/1 I believe he made a bad break as a lawyer, but I believe him to be a good lawyer. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant 311 When a clerk makes a fool break, I don't want to beg his pardon for calling his attention to it. 1905 R. Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 26 We're..moving in worlds not realised, and we shall make some bad breaks. 1911 S. E. White Rules of Game (new ed.) i. xvii You made one bad break just now. 1926 C. Hamilton in Good Housek. July 187/1 I wish you had told me how to address him before you went away. As it was I made a fearful break when he came to fetch me. 1931 P. G. Wodehouse If I were You vii. 82 He'd always be worrying..for fear he was going to make a break of some kind. < as lemmas |
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