单词 | to cast or count one's cards |
释义 | > as lemmasto cast or count one's cards c. †to cast or count one's cards: to assess one's chance of success, take stock of one's position. ΚΠ 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians xviii. f. 135 When we haue cast our cardes [Fr. tout conté & rabatu], we must be fayn to come to this poynt, that no man can atteyne to lyfe by his owne purchace or earning. c1600 Return: 1st Pt. iv. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 199 Come let vs caste our cards before wee goe, Summon our losses if wee nere returne, Cross our oulde cares, and turne the leafe anew. 1664 Floddan Field iv. 32 Our Cards we had both need to count and cast. < as lemmas |
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