单词 | to have the worse |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (also get) the worse b. to have (also get) the worse and variants: to be worsted or defeated in a contest; to have the disadvantage in a comparison, bargain, etc., with another. Also (and now only) in to have (also get) the worse of (a contest, encounter, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] to have (also get) the worsec1275 leesec1300 to lick the dust, the earth1382 to get (also have) the waura1393 to go downa1400 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to have the worsta1470 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go by the worse (also worst)1528 to have the overthrow1536 lose1548 tine1681 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > be disadvantageous [verb (intransitive)] > have disadvantage to have (also get) the worsec1275 to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542 disprofit1561 the worst end of the bargain (also stick, staff, etc.)1564 to have the wrong end of the stick?1793 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > be defeated or overthrown [verb (intransitive)] > be defeated or lose to have (also get) the worsec1275 leesec1300 lose1548 to deserve or lose the bell1600 to have the lower hand1693 to have the second best1708 to come off second best1777 skunk1867 to be dumped on1967 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13332 Þa iwræð sone þat Bruttes hafden þat wurse [c1300 Otho worse]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 7353 (MED) Wicke is to stryve and have the worse. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 15619 Þat werre bigan, þe wars had, Penda partie alle to schad. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 490 Yow loueris axe I now this questioun Who hath the worse [c1410 Cambr. Dd.4.24 werse], Arcite or Palamoun. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 349 Sir Gawayne and sir Trystrams mett; and there sir Gawayne had the worse. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 162 They of Macedonie, whiche doubted to haue the wers of the bataille, departed out of the hoste. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 56 In that bataile was grete mortalite on bothe parties, but the hethen peple hadde moche the werse. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. v. sig. Q6 Was neuer man, who most conquestes atchieu'd But sometimes had the worse, and lost by warre. 1644 G. S. True Relation Sad Passages Armies in West 3 In all which Skirmishes the Enemy had the worse; till the Enemy at last grew numerous. 1669 S. Patrick Contin. Friendly Deb. 162 I wonder who will have the worse of it, you or they? 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian Ded. sig. A3v The latter, in all respects, will not have the worse of the comparison. 1697 W. Wynne et al. tr. Caradoc of Llancarvan Hist. Wales 236 After a warm Engagement on both sides, Rhys Fychan in the end got the worse. 1711 J. Swift Conduct of Allies 91 There is hardly a Town taken in the common Forms, where the Besiegers have not the worse of the Bargain. 1860 E. Eden Semi-attached Couple iv Perhaps the instinct that always leads a man to foresee when an impending explanation is not likely to end in his favour, prompted him to divine that he should have the worse of this. 1888 C. Oman Hist. Greece (1901) xv. 142 A running fight ensued, in which the invaders had greatly the worse. 1924 W. Rogers in S. K. Gragert & M. J. Johansson Papers Will Rogers (2005) IV. 364 I got the worse of it last week. 1943 Studies 32 181 The Austrians, though they had the worse of the encounter, fought far better than had been expected. 1979 Studia Islamica 50 10 At the battle of Uḥud the Muslims had the worse of their exchanges with the Meccans. 2010 D. Daube Law & Wisdom in Bible II. vi. 115 It is just as likely the unhappy occurrence was the fault of your ox, though he had the worse of it, as of mine. < as lemmas |
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