英语词汇“to make a spoon or spoil a horn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to make a spoon or spoil a horn, to make a determined effort to achieve something, whether ending in success or failure. Originally Scottish.The making of spoons out of the horns of cattle or sheep was common in Scotland till late in the 19th cent.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > regardless of outcome

to make a spoon or spoil a horn1817

to press on regardless1948

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 194 I aye said he was ane o' them wad make a spune or spoil a horn.

1820 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1866) 262 Cliffy Mackay will either mak a speen or spill a guid horn.

1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond II. i. 3 It's better to make the spoon at once, even if we do run some small chance of spoiling the horn.

1892 Boy's Own Paper Dec. 87/1 Your son..will turn out something some day. He'll make a spoon or spoil a horn.

单词	to make a spoon or spoil a horn
释义	> as lemmas to make a spoon or spoil a horn d. to make a spoon or spoil a horn, to make a determined effort to achieve something, whether ending in success or failure. Originally Scottish.The making of spoons out of the horns of cattle or sheep was common in Scotland till late in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > regardless of outcome to make a spoon or spoil a horn1817 to press on regardless1948 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 194 I aye said he was ane o' them wad make a spune or spoil a horn. 1820 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches (1866) 262 Cliffy Mackay will either mak a speen or spill a guid horn. 1860 A. Trollope Castle Richmond II. i. 3 It's better to make the spoon at once, even if we do run some small chance of spoiling the horn. 1892 Boy's Own Paper Dec. 87/1 Your son..will turn out something some day. He'll make a spoon or spoil a horn. extracted from spoonn. < as lemmas
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