| 单词 | as long lives a merry man as a sad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas long lives a merry man (also heart) as a sad (also sorry) c. as long lives a merry man (also heart) as a sad (also sorry) and variants: used as an exhortation to be cheerful. Now rare. ΚΠ c1450 MS Douce 52 in Festschrift zum XII. Neuphilologentage (1906) 49 As long leuyth a mery man as a sory. 1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) sig. B2v For als lang leifis the mirrie man, As the sorie for ocht he can. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 184 As long lives a merry man as a sad. 1661 Tom Tyler & his Wife 5 As long lives a merry heart as a sorrie. 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 26 As long lives the merry Heart as the sad. 1833 Golden Legends II. 75 That's hearty, Sir, that's hearty—as long lives the merry man as the sad. 1887 Leeds Mercury 15 Oct. 8/7 As long lives a merry heart as a sad one. 1996 A. Garner Strandloper xxxi. 196 ‘Buck up, love,’ she said. ‘“As long lives a merry man as a sorry”.’ < as lemmas |
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