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单词 to go down the wind
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to go down the wind
b. figurative. Towards decay or ruin; into or (commonly) in a depressed or unfortunate condition, in evil plight; to go down the wind, to ‘go down’, decline. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] > at the or one's worst > from a prosperous or thriving condition
for (also to, into) the worseOE
out of God's blessing into the warm sun1546
down (the) wind1600
on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1682
to the bad1802
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiv. 867 When they saw him downe the wind and fortune to frowne upon him.
1671 tr. N. Machiavelli Marriage of Belphegor in tr. F. de Quevedo Novels 141 Though [he] was of one of the noblest Families.., yet he was look'd upon as down the winde [It. poverissimo].
1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity ii. vi. 147 In the time of Constantine when Paganism began to go down the wind.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici Introd. p. lxvi The Gentile-Temples, with all their Pomp and Retinue, went down the wind apace.
1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 25 Apr. (1941) 45 The old Tory party is down the wind.
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