英语词汇“if a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. Proverb. If a thing (also job) is worth doing, it's worth doing well and variants: if a task is worth undertaking at all, one should approach it seriously and make a good job of it.

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1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 10 Mar. in Lett. to Son (1774) I. 187 Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

1864 E. H. Dewart Select. from Canad. Poets p. xvi The adage, that ‘whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well,’ has a special application here.

1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies viii. 143 My private schoolmaster used to say, ‘If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.’

1983 Newsweek (Nexis) 20 June 30 ‘If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well,’ Thatcher says frequently.

1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) iii. 33 For Chris, if a job was worth doing it was worth doing excellently, so in typical fashion he signed up first with the Paras because he wanted a solid infantry background.

2001 A. Taylor Death's Own Door (2002) xiii. 92 They haven't scrimped, either, I'm glad to say. If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

单词	if a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well
释义	> as lemmas If a thing (also job) is worth doing, it's worth doing well P3. Proverb. If a thing (also job) is worth doing, it's worth doing well and variants: if a task is worth undertaking at all, one should approach it seriously and make a good job of it. ΚΠ 1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 10 Mar. in Lett. to Son (1774) I. 187 Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. 1864 E. H. Dewart Select. from Canad. Poets p. xvi The adage, that ‘whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well,’ has a special application here. 1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies viii. 143 My private schoolmaster used to say, ‘If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.’ 1983 Newsweek (Nexis) 20 June 30 ‘If a thing is worth doing, it's worth doing well,’ Thatcher says frequently. 1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) iii. 33 For Chris, if a job was worth doing it was worth doing excellently, so in typical fashion he signed up first with the Paras because he wanted a solid infantry background. 2001 A. Taylor Death's Own Door (2002) xiii. 92 They haven't scrimped, either, I'm glad to say. If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well. extracted from worthadj. < as lemmas
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