| 单词 | a second bite at the cherry | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasa second bite at the cherry   In proverbial expressions. Esp.  †to make two bites at the cherry, etc.: (usually in negative contexts) to behave with affected nicety; to divide (a task, etc.) unnecessarily minutely;  to take two bites of a cherry, etc.: to take or have a further opportunity to achieve something. Also,  a second bite at the cherry, etc., a second chance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > 			[noun]		 > opportunity > second a second bite at the cherry1662 1662    G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 184/2  				To play the Hypocrite, and be demure, are that will make two bits of one Chery, but in private can devour a pound and more. 1694    P. A. Motteux tr.  F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxviii. 145  				Nothing is to be got out of him but Monosyllables; by Jingo, I believe he would make three bits of a Cherry. 1819    Farmer's Almanack 1820 		(Boston)	  xxviii. 11  				Never make two bites at a cherry. 1827    W. Scott Two Drovers in  Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiv. 315  				Take it all, man—take it all—never make two bites of a cherry. 1861    C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. xviii. 308  				There were soldiers of a lower stamp, who would not make two bites of such a cherry. 1905    S. Weyman Starvecrow Farm v. 41  				I'll have no goings on with such in my house, and no making two bites of a cherry! 1966    K. Amis in  New Statesman 14 Jan. 52/1  				I have never before met supplemental for supplementary except as the term for the second-bite-at-the-cherry examination for pass students at the University College of Swansea. 1968    ‘A. Gilbert’ Night Encounter xi. 186  				Never heard of taking two bites at a cherry? If he couldn't afford to let Mr. Crook go on breathing before, he's got twice as much reason to want to shut him up now. 1971    Nature 1 Jan. 5/2  				One of the chief purposes of the Open University is to provide a second bite at the higher education cherry for those students who..have missed out on their first opportunity. 1986    Sunday Tel. 9 Nov. 11/8  				In a second bite at the cherry last week the Sunday Express clarified Dr Seale's position. < as lemmas  | 
	
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