| 单词 | ifs and ans |
| 释义 | > as lemmasifs and ans = and n.1 1. Chiefly in plural in ifs and ans. ΚΠ ?1697 in William & Mary Q. (1939) 19 350 If he promises any favour..it is with so many ifs and ans that he seldom fails of finding a backdoor, to evade all his promises. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. x. 149 ‘If a poor man's prayer can bring God's curse down.’.. ‘If ifs and ans were pots and pans.’ 1891 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 1 193 Those who reduce moral theory to a lot of ifs and ans. 1904 Amer. Hist. Rev. 10 167 A second conclusion garnished with ‘ifs and ans’. 1977 Econ. Jrnl. 87 360 Such assessments must necessarily be qualified by a multitude of ifs and ans. < as lemmas |
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