单词 | jog along, on |
释义 | > as lemmasjog along, on c. figurative. In reference to time, or continued action of any kind. Chiefly jog along, on. ΘΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > move slowly (of time) jog along, on1677 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > progress at a slow or steady pace jog1677 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) iv. 142 Unwillingness to lose a temporal advantage makes them jogg on in a course which perhaps they do dislike. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 23 To jog sleepingly through the world..cannot properly be said to live. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 282 Through all these Scenes, Time keeps jogging on. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. iii. 10/1 So they jogg'd on till the Day Twelvemonth after their first Arrival. 1803 W. Scott Let. 6 Mar. (1932) I. 176 My worldly matters jog on very well. 1847 A. Brontë Agnes Grey xxii. 325 They're jogging on as usual, I suppose. 1893 F. F. Moore I forbid Banns (1899) 14 I want things to jog along as quietly as possible. Jogging along is true happiness, if people only knew it. < as lemmas |
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