| 单词 | accidents will happen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaccidents will happen a. accidents will happen and variants: i.e. despite efforts taken to prevent them (sometimes consolatory). ΚΠ 1709 W. Shiers Familiar Disc. conc. Mine-adventure iii. 41 Whatever the Loss be, no blame can be imputed to any; Accidents will happen, Ships are often Cast away, and Men may go aside; but what is all this to the matter, since there is nothing to be got by it. 1763 G. Colman Deuce is in Him i. 22 Accidents, accidents will happen—No less than seven brought into our infirmary yesterday, and ten into the hospital. 1850 M. T. Vidal Cabramatta, & Woodleigh Farm 254 It is only an accident,..don't distress yourself; you could not help it:—accidents will happen, you know. 1899 London Bicycle Club Gaz. 14 Dec. 116/2 Accidents do happen, but isn't it rather undignified having to do the finish of a ride on the top of an omnibus while your friend brings along the ‘busted’ machine in the rear? 1917 T. Ford Let. 25 Nov. in Cheer-up Lett. (1918) 118 Accidents can happen, of course, but they are so rare that no one ever thinks about them as at all likely. 1966 Rotarian Dec. 32/2 There were safeguards supposed to make it unthinkable for anyone to mislay a hydrogen bomb. But accidents happen. 2011 K. Day Million Miles from Boston xvii. 131 I showed Lauren's welt to Mrs. Dennis, who said, ‘Oh, accidents will happen.’ < as lemmas |
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