单词 | blow high, blow low |
释义 | > as lemmasblow high, blow low b. blow high, blow low: whatever may happen. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > come what may fall what can (also may, will) fallc1225 avalȝe que valȝe1487 fall back, fall edge?1553 blow high, blow low1774 and chance the ducks1874 (come) rain or shine1905 1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 235 Ben is in a wonderful Fluster lest he shall have no company to-morrow at the Dance—But blow high, blow low, he need not be afraid; Virginians..will dance or die! 1776 C. Dibdin Seraglio i. 11 Blow high, blow low, let tempests tear The mainmast by the board.] a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) vi. 52 I've booked Brother John fur Paradise; Brother Joseph's got a white robe fur him, blow high, blow low! 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean x. 171 There were three musketeers..who were blithely resolved to stand by each other through thick and thin, blow high, blow low. < as lemmas |
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