英语词汇“it is in a person's buttons”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†P2. it is in a person's buttons: it is within a person's innate capacity or ability to attain or achieve something. Obsolete. rare (apparently English regional (Lincolnshire) in later use).The allusion is unclear; it has been suggested that it could be to the predetermined characteristics of a flower within the unopened bud, or to the inherent qualities of the person within a buttoned garment (see the commentary on quot. a1616 in the Arden Shakespeare edition (ed. H. J. Oliver, 1971), p. 78 and the New Cambr. Shakespeare edition (ed. D. Crane, 1997), p. 94). It is not certain that the later regional use asserted in quot. 1888 is in fact independent of Shakespeare.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > prosper or be successful > be assured of success

it is in a person's buttonsa1616

to have (got) it made1944

to be golden1961

to have (got) it wired1976

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. ii. 63 'Tis in his buttons [1602 betmes], he will carry't.

1888 Notes & Queries 10 Nov. 365/1 In the Isle of Axholme..if speaking of a person's fitness for any particular undertaking, that he will easily do it, we say ‘it's in his buttons’.

单词	it is in a person's buttons
释义	> as lemmas it is in a person's buttons †P2. it is in a person's buttons: it is within a person's innate capacity or ability to attain or achieve something. Obsolete. rare (apparently English regional (Lincolnshire) in later use).The allusion is unclear; it has been suggested that it could be to the predetermined characteristics of a flower within the unopened bud, or to the inherent qualities of the person within a buttoned garment (see the commentary on quot. a1616 in the Arden Shakespeare edition (ed. H. J. Oliver, 1971), p. 78 and the New Cambr. Shakespeare edition (ed. D. Crane, 1997), p. 94). It is not certain that the later regional use asserted in quot. 1888 is in fact independent of Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > prosper or be successful > be assured of success it is in a person's buttonsa1616 to have (got) it made1944 to be golden1961 to have (got) it wired1976 a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. ii. 63 'Tis in his buttons [1602 betmes], he will carry't. View more context for this quotation 1888 Notes & Queries 10 Nov. 365/1 In the Isle of Axholme..if speaking of a person's fitness for any particular undertaking, that he will easily do it, we say ‘it's in his buttons’. extracted from buttonn. < as lemmas
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