| 单词 | one never knows till one tries |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone never knows (what one can do) till one tries b. one never knows (what one can do) till one tries and variants. ΚΠ 1639 R. Abbot Young-mans Warning-peece (new ed.) 64 (margin) They know not what they can do in good because they try not. 1725 M. Davys Self-rival iv, in Wks. I. 50 Oh! you don't know what you can do, till you try; you will think very different then from what you do now. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. vi. 182 A man knows not what he can do 'till he tries. 1897 P. White Passionate Pilgrim 49 ‘There isn't fish to catch,’ she returned incredulously. ‘You never know till you try,’ said I. 1945 N. Coward Willy in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 230/1 Love's a thing to conjure with, Willy, You don't know until you try. 1968 D. Francis Forfeit xiv. 217 ‘Ty, you aren't fit to drive.’ ‘Never know what you can do till you try.’ 1991 D. Purcell Place of Stones (1992) iv. 135 Sure, why don't you have a go, Father? You never know till you try! < as lemmas |
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