单词 | to call all to nought |
释义 | > as lemmasto call all to nought ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Gv It was not she that cald him all to nought; Now she ads honors to his hatefull name. 1739 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 37 [The Duchess of Portland]..calls herself all to nought for having been so long in her debt. 1828 J. K. Paulding New Mirror for Travellers 174 We must do something for the march of mind and the progress of public improvement, or the citizen geese will call us all to nought, and choose other wise geese in our stead. < as lemmas |
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