| 单词 | a good, etc, time was had by all |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa good, etc., time was had by all (b) a good, etc., time was had by all: everyone enjoyed themselves (in later use sometimes ironically). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [phrase] > is or is not unmixed enjoyment (not) all beer and skittles1837 a good, etc., time was had by all1865 1865 Hartford (Connecticut) Weekly Times 21 Oct. The Charter Oak club gave them and a few invited guests a supper, at which a social good time was had by all present. 1879 St. Louis (Missouri) Clin. Record June 81/1 Toasts were drunk, speeches made, and a generally enjoyable time was had by all. 1935 Times 27 Dec. 5/4 A flower carnival in which both cannibals and their prospective victims joined, and at which, of course, a good time was had by one and all. 1949 F. Maclean Eastern Approaches iii. ix. 406 After that we mixed a delicious drink in the bath tub, and a good time, as the saying goes, was had by all. 1993 R. Murphy Smash & Grab Introd. 3/2 Street battles took place between police and locals where uniformed and plain-clothes men cheerfully joined in and ‘a good time was had by all’. 2010 B. Bordy Bawdy Chrons. viii. 128 All the Hunkies, except me, got falling down drunk... A great time was had by all. < as lemmas |
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