| 单词 | thank one's stars |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto thank (also bless, curse) one's stars P2. to thank (also bless, curse) one's stars: to feel grateful for, or angry at, one's (good or bad) fortune. See also to thank one's lucky stars at lucky adj. Phrases 1.In quot. 1608 ironic. ΚΠ 1590 L. R. Subtill Practise Fryer Frauncis 6 He passionately reported his ill fortune, and dismall discomfiture, cursing the starres that did boade him such bitter mishap.] 1597 E. S. Discouerie Knights of Poste sig. A4v I blesse my fortunate starres that it was my lucke to see thee before I die. 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron v. i. sig. Q3 My courage rais'd me, For the deare price of fiue and thirtie skarres, And that hath ruin'd me, I thanke my Starres. 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxxii. 102 I am not (I bless my Stars) disturbed at any thing. 1711 M. Henry Hope & Fear Balanced 16 Then 'twill be Folly to curse your Stars (as some profanely speak). 1798 H. Brand Adelinda ii. ii. in Plays & Poems 275 Thank your stars, Strasbourg! for my timely appearance—Why I believe that Flora was going to beat you. 1807 Salmagundi 24 Jan. 18 I..blessed my stars that I was a bachelor. 1865 J. Hatton Bitter Sweets xiv You may thank your stars, my lad, that I followed Master Barns to-night. 1893 G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco xix. 128 I curse my stars when the children bring me one of these helpless waifs and strays. 1922 J. Dickey Maturity J. W. Riley xx. 364 He is ever blessing his stars that it was in this neighborhood he was first given his true bearings and directions upon his successful career. 1954 Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.) 18 Aug. 7/2 The Italians..were cursing their stars for not having learned some English before coming to this country. 2014 MX (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 21 Thank your stars you are free now. to thank one's (or the) stars g. Ejaculatory phrases, as thank God ( †I thank God (obsolete), God be thanked, etc.), thank goodness, thank heaven. Also thank God for that (now frequently in weakened use); thank God hold (Mountaineering): an easy hold at the top of a difficult climb. See also god n. and int. Phrases 1a(b) to thank one's (or the) stars, to congratulate oneself on one's good fortune: see star n.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > expressing relief [interjection] thank goodnessc1330 T.G.1934 thank fuck1973 the mind > emotion > gratitude > thanks [interjection] > thanks to divine providence thank Godc1330 God-a-mercya1500 God-a-thank1657 thank goodness1811 thank heaven1840 thank God for that1918 thanks be1924 T.G.1934 the mind > emotion > gratitude > give thanks [verb (intransitive)] > for one's good fortune to thank one's (or the) stars1600 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice or exult [verb (intransitive)] > congratulate oneself to thank one's (or the) stars1600 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > hold footholea1589 fingerhold1720 handhold1726 side hold1829 toe-hole1876 push hold1904 side pull1920 under-hold1920 pressure hold1941 hand jam1948 thank God hold1955 undergrip1955 jug1957 chickenhead1961 crimp1994 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 134 Þanked be God of heuen. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 196 God be yhered and y-þonked. 1426 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 76 I..in gud mynd, thanket be God. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 530 Hole & sounde, thanked be god! 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 754/2 I am one of them, God be thanked! 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. v. 13 Yes I thank God, I am as honest as any man liuing, that is an old man, and no honester then I. View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre Induct. sig. A4v in Wks. II Yet I kept the Stage in Master Tarletons time, I thanke my starres. 1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau iv. iii. 49 Sir Harry, you may thank your Stars that conducted you to me. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. v. vii. 99 Now..I have not the gift of writing, at which, thank God, I have left off repining. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude III. lix. 283 I was all that, thank goodness, as I always say, last grass. 1834 T. Hawkins Mem. Ichthyosauri 42 But I should..thank the stars and the Cholera that it was no worse. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story ii I am here, thank Heaven, quite alone. 1872 Punch 11 May 199/1 Thank goodness we have a House of Lords. 1918 A. P. McKishnie Willow xxi. 303 His world was at rest, once more. Thank God for that! 1949 G. Davenport Family Fortunes iii. ii. 222 ‘Thank God for that,’ he said. 1955 S. Styles Introd. Mountaineering xi. 127 The term thank-god hold, which has become part of British climbing jargon, originated on the third ascent of the slab on Route II, Lliwedd East Buttress, when as each climber got his hand over the good knob at the top he expressed his heartfelt gratitude in the same two words. 1978 P. Gillman Fitness on Foot v. 67 A sense of relief on reaching the top of a difficult climb to discover enormous holds to finish on. These are known as ‘thank God’ holds. 1978 I. B. Singer Shosha i. 16 Thank God, I found friends among members of the Writer's Club. < as lemmas |
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