| 单词 | he that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime |
| 释义 | > as lemmashe that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime b. In the Nautical proverbial phrase he that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime and variants. ΚΠ 1899 A. J. Boyd Shellback viii. 110 Shentlemens vot goes to sea for pleasure vould go to hell for pastime. 1910 D. W. Bone Brassbounder xxvi. 289 He gave a half-laugh, and muttered the old formula about ‘the man who would go to sea for pleasure, going to hell for a pastime!’ 1924 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn iii. 50 ‘He who would go to sea for pleasure would go to hell for a pastime’ is an attempt at heavy satire. 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine i. 50 Well, a man who'd go to sea for fun'd go to hell for a pastime. < as lemmas |
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