| 单词 | sooner you than me |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(I'd) sooner (it should be) you than me b. More readily as a matter of choice; preferably, rather. (I'd) sooner (it should be) you than me, and variants cf. rather adv. 8g. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else ratherc1300 heldera1400 tittera1400 ererc1425 soon1457 rathest1556 would rather1557 first1580 preferablya1645 choosingly1651 preferable1683 ruther1809 1457 J. Hardyng Chron. i, in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1912) 743 Your Fadir..souner wolde suche thre as Gedyngton Hafe youe [= given] than so forgone that euydence. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. viii. 184 Certes thou oughtest sonner wille to dye..than [etc.]. 1699 T. Brown tr. Erasmus Seven New Colloquies iv. 25 I wou'd sooner swopp her to a Tobacco plantation. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. viii. 139 I would sooner starve than take any Reward for betraying your Ladyship. View more context for this quotation 1801 E. Helme St. Margaret's Cave I. xviii. 236 I would sooner bear my father's name..rather than be lady of this domain. 1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. xiv. 108 You are going down to Cheltenham, are you?.. I'd sooner it should be you than me; that's all I can say. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 171 Why, I'd sooner stay in prison all my life! 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill iii. 53 Phew-w-w!.. I'd sooner it was you than me, Verney. 1937 A. Thirkell Summer Half vi. 181 ‘Good old Mr. Lorimer,’ said Swan, ‘sooner he than I.’ 1973 ‘J. Sturrock’ Wicked Way to Die iii. 35 ‘Talk to her I must.’ He shook his head. ‘Sooner you than me.’ < as lemmas |
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