| 单词 | much good may it do you |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmuch good may it do you (also him, her, etc.) g. ironic. No, not any. Chiefly placed at the head of a clause, modifying abstract nouns expressing positive qualities, esp. good. Frequently in much good may it do you (also him, her, etc.). See also dich v. ΚΠ 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 84 In the waye of mockage, biddyng muche good dooe it hym. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iv. i. sig. I Much wench, or much sonne. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iv. iii. 2 Is it not past two a clock? And heere much Orlando. View more context for this quotation 1720 W. Congreve Impossible Thing 13 Much Good may't do you; for my Part, I wash my Hands of't from my Heart. 1783 Hist. Miss Baltimores II. 59 Well, much good may do you! 1815 W. Scott Antiquary II. i. 7 And much good that will do, when he has frightened the lad out of the country! 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol i. 8 ‘Let me leave it [sc. Christmas] alone, then,’ said Scrooge. ‘Much good may it do you! Much good it has ever done you!’ 1894 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Real Charlotte II. xxix. 199 I spoke to her about it, and much thanks I got. 1911 J. M. Barrie Peter & Wendy ii ‘Much good,’ he said bitterly, ‘my wearing myself to the bone trying to be funny in this house.’ 1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) xv. 186 Much good may it do you! < as lemmas |
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