单词 | to come down in the world |
释义 | > as lemmasto come (also go) down in the world d. to come (also go) down in the world. 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 the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > become poor poor?a1300 to come downa1382 decay1483 to bring haddock to paddock1546 to come to want1590 ruina1600 to come (also go) down in the world1819 1819 Families of Owen & De Montfort I. v. 75 It's a sign her father's come down in the world, seeing his daughter crouches so low to one who was once her equal. 1837 J. S. Mill Let. 6 Aug. in Wks. (1963) XII. 346 To alter their style of living and go (as the vulgar phrase is) down in the world. 1852 Preston Guardian 2 Oct. 3/5 When a tradesman came down in the world he might perhaps rise again. 1889 C. E. L. Riddell Princess Sunshine I. i. 8 They had come down in the world. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands v. 51 Miss Pilcher, who had been in ‘the profession’ as a Fat Girl, had come down in the world. 1959 O. Sitwell Place of one's Own 56 She still occupied her father's substantial house in Penge, but she had come down in the world. 2002 N. Lebrecht Song of Names iv. 58 Strong-boned and with a cut-glass voice, Mother held herself with an hauteur that suggested she had come down in the world through no fault of her own. < as lemmas |
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