单词 | to fall from glory |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall from glory (prosperity, favour, etc.) a. intransitive. To descend from a position of high status, wealth, excellence, etc. Frequently with from, as to fall from glory (prosperity, favour, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition afalleOE wanec1000 fallOE ebba1420 to go backward?a1425 to go down?1440 decay1483 sink?a1513 delapsea1530 reel1529 decline1530 to go backwards1562 rue1576 droop1577 ruina1600 set1607 lapse1641 to lose ground1647 to go to pigs and whistles1794 to come (also go) down in the world1819 to peg out1852 to lose hold, one's balance1877 to go under1879 toboggan1887 slip1930 to turn down1936 OE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 421) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 262 Swa ða hean mihta her on worulde hreosað and feallað and to lore weorðað. OE Lambeth Psalter v. 11 Decidant a cogitationibus suis, secundum multitudinem impietatem [read impietatum] eorum expelle eos : feallan hi uel gehreosan hi fram geþohtum heora æfter mænigfyldnysse arleasnessa heora afyrsa uel utadræf hi. c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) l. 630 (MED) He þat wole him heinen here..In litel while he shal..falle þerfore swiþe lowe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8992 He fell fra liue and saul hele. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 495 Why he fil fro heigh prosperitee. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 143 (MED) Men that fro riches byth falle into pouerte. ?1526 P. Bush Extirpacion of Ignorancy sig. B.iiiv What caused Nabugodonosor, a kyng of gret fame To fall from his regall state, to lede a lyfe brutall. 1590 T. Fenne Frutes sig. Bb4v My sodaine chance..To fall so low, whom Fortune earst so highly did aduance. 1647 S. Danforth Almanack 9 Discontented Bellyes shall Wish that the highest now might fall. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 84 How fall'n! how chang'd From him, who..didst outshine Myriads. View more context for this quotation 1732 London Mag. July 195/2 He saw himself fall from Honour to Ignominy at once. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 65 Sweet Isabel By gradual decay from beauty fell. 1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations viii. 164 We fall below our position. 1948 G. Speaight in M. Batchelder Puppet Theatre Handbk. p. xx ‘Ombres chinoises’ were extremely popular..during the eighteenth century, but later fell from favour. 1990 R. Kray Born Fighter v. 105 He fell so low in life that he became a hobo. 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 19 Apr. 5 History is littered with tales of powerful men who fell from glory after their heads were turned by pretty women. < as lemmas |
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