| 单词 | if the worst come to the worst |
| 释义 | > as lemmasif the worst come(s) to the worst (c) if the worst come(s) to the worst and variants: if things turn out as badly as possible or conceivable.Occasionally also if (the) worse comes to (the) worst in the same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > unfortunately [phrase] > if things fall out unfortunately if the worst come(s) to the worst1596 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F4v If the worst come to the worst, a good swimmer may doo much. 1597 E. S. Discouerie Knights of Poste sig. C3v If the worst come to the worst, it is but the hiering of a hackney to ryde to London. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 28 Had the worst come to the worst, yet could we not haue wanted meate and drinke. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all ii. 14 Why, if the worst come to the worst, he leaves you an honest woman. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 108 Let the Worst come to'th Worst. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 234 If the worse came to the worst, I could but die. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xiii. 130 Which would have been a witness for the elders, had the worst come to the worst. 1884 A. Daly Pique iv. iii. 86 Take my pistol. If the worst comes to the worst before I come back, give it to them hot and heavy. 1930 F. A. Pottle Stretchers 64 The weather was warm, and if worse came to worst, we could encamp in our pup tents where we were. 1987 Speedway Mail Internat. 26 Sept. 4/4 Should the worst come to the worst and this ban sticks for the full term, he fully intends to ride for Wolverhampton in 1989. 1996 J. King Football Factory (1997) 223 If the old bill nick you and worst comes to worst and you go down for a couple of years. 2010 J. Powell Breaking of Eggs (2011) vi. 119 She said I was young enough to start my life over if the worst came to the worst. < as lemmas |
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