单词 | to come in one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto come (also fall, lie, etc.) in one's way (i) to come (also fall, lie, etc.) in one's way: to be met with in the course of one's experience. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > fall to one shootc1175 happen1477 to come in one's way1533 land1679 to come a person's waya1816 to drop into the lap of1962 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [phrase] > gain (so much) to come in one's way1533 1533 T. More Apologye xxvi. f. 161v The towchyng of thys mater is no parte of my prynncypall entent, but happeneth as an incydent to fall in my waye. 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 171 It is not possible for any thynge to come in my waye nowe from henseforthe, so great, that may greue my harte, or cause me to be sad. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 28 Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. View more context for this quotation a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 37 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Under it [sc. his mantle] he may cleanly convey any fit pillage that commeth handsomly in his way. 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §44 As for riches, if they fall in my way, I refuse them not. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Cure of Gout in Miscellanea 193 The General Officers of Armies,..the publick Ministers..(that have fallen in my way) being generally subject to it [sc. the Gout] in one degree or other. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xii It comes in my way here to retaliate to him. 1742 London Mag. June 300/2 My Method of treating these sort of Sparks when they fall in my Way. 1767 A. Murphy School for Guardians iii. 45 Since difficulties come in my way, genius must surmount them. 1828 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather 1st Ser. II. xi. 213 A warrant empowering them to take all Portuguese vessels which should come in their way. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxxi. 279 These things he knew nothing of; they had not come in his way. 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery II. ii. 19 Every actor whom it had come in my way to know..was a poor devil. 1915 N.Y. Times Curr. Hist. 2 348/2 Educated solely by his own efforts on stray newspapers and books which fell in his way in his schoolless village. 1948 M. K. Gandhi in Times of India 12 Feb. 1/3 I am not aching for martyrdom, but if it comes in my way in the prosecution of what I consider to be the supreme duty in defense of the faith I shall have earned it. < as lemmas |
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