单词 | once too often |
释义 | > as lemmasonce too often P7. once too often: once more than is necessary or tolerable (usually implying unpleasant repercussions). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adverb] > once more than necessary or tolerable once too often1921 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. ix. 226 Adams began to fear he had struck him once too often . View more context for this quotation 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. xi. 165 It seems, that you've shot once too often, for the story goes that you've killed a buck. 1840 J. Smith Comic Misc. 245 To listen to the self-same dunce, At the same leaden table, once Per annum's once too often. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xl. 420 He has lain down once too often. He must die. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah iii. 131 Havnt you said that once too often already this morning? 1934 E. O'Neill Days without End ii. 68 But I warned him he'd humiliate me once too often—and he did! 1972 N. Smythe in E. Berman Ten of Best (1979) 113 I was a bit too fond of the old jar, Went on the skite once too often. 2001 N.Y. Times 9 Dec. ii. 37/1 Comedy clams are jokes that you've heard once too often. < as lemmas |
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