| 单词 | somewhere along the line |
| 释义 | > as lemmassomewhere along the line c. all along the line, all (the way) down the line: at every point. Also, somewhere along the line, at some point (in time). ΘΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere far and near or nighOE in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250 high and low1525 here, there, and everywherea1593 in every stead1596 through long and broad ——1617 from Dan to Beersheba1738 all along the line1877 all over the auction1930 the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at some time somewhilea1240 somewhilec1250 somewhen1297 sometime1600 first and last1719 one of these fine days1762 some fine day1762 somewhere along the line1962 the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > always or in every case alwayeOE aldayOE everOE by night and (by) daylOE ayc1175 algatea1200 alwaysc1225 everylikec1225 stillc1297 evermorea1300 algatesa1325 alikec1330 early and latec1330 at all assaysc1360 universallya1398 likec1400 continuallyc1460 tidely1482 ay-whenc1485 from time to (formerly unto) timea1500 at all seasons1526 at once1563 at every turn1565 throughout1567 still still1592 still1594 still and anona1616 still an enda1616 every stitch-while1620 everlastingly1628 constantly1651 everywhen1655 eternally1670 allus1739 any day (of the week)1759 everly1808 allers1833 every time1854 toujours1902 all (the way) down the line1975 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 246 God will be victorious all along the line in the present battle. 1880 T. Hodgkin Italy & her Invaders I. i. i. 117 The campaign of 378 opened auspiciously for the interests of Rome along the whole line. 1924 R. Fry Let. 27 June (1972) II. 553 Both he and Courbet did elaborate portraits of the same patron... Courbet wins all along the line. 1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xxi. 297 A refugee from Germany... Aryan, but communist—ardently and all along the line. 1962 J. Wain Sprightly Running v. 189 There is always the wistful hope..that these young will not merely benefit from meeting each other, but will, somewhere along the line, actually be taught something. 1965 Listener 16 Sept. 402/2 It is difficult to estimate its direct effect, because all along the line there are people working hard to try to make sure that those defects do not come back on the patient. 1965 New Yorker 20 Nov. 162/3 Somewhere along the line, the surf and wind went out of his playing. 1969 B. Turner Circle of Squares xviii. 143 I've helped him all along the line, not always knowing why. 1972 Guardian 6 July 2/2 It has been clear that they had had to refer to Moscow for instructions all along the line. 1975 N. Luard Robespierre Serial xi. 87 You've lied to me, all the way down the line. 1975 N. Luard Robespierre Serial xvi. 146 I'm not going to let that little bastard get away with it. He's screwed us all down the line from Riyadh to Geneva. < as lemmas |
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