| 单词 | may the better man win |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmay the better man win P14. may the better man win and variants = may the best man win at best adj., n.1, and adv. Phrases 7. ΚΠ 1845 Spirit of Times 24 May 148/1 The men are to run [the race] between twelve and two o'clock... We hope that ‘both may be well on the day, and the better man win’. 1876 Peru (Indiana) Republican 6 Oct. Hurrah for Hayes and Tilden [sc. electoral candidates] and may the better man win! 1922 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 8 July 1/3 May the better woman win and the better woman I think and hope is Suzanne [Lenglen]. 1985 Jet 15 Oct. 47/1 I knew I had to do my best and let the better man win. And believe it or not, the better man won. 2005 Times 28 Oct. 96/2 Was that gesture..an unspoken ‘play well and may the better man win’, the golfing equivalent of two boxers touching gloves? < as lemmas |
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