| 单词 | to make one's evening |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make one's evening (a) to make one's day: to be the highlight of an otherwise ordinary, dull, or banal day; to render a day delightful. Similarly, to make one's evening, etc. Also ironic. ΚΠ 1907 D. S. Shorter Awakening in Coll. Poems 206 This false light that made my day Was the sun's reflected ray. 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins i. 15 That..will be great. That will just make my day. 1942 M. Dickens One Pair of Feet ix. 194 If she could put you in the wrong in front of Sister, her day was made. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path 1. 113 We've got some nice cheerful news for you boys. It's going to make your evening. 1953 X. Fielding Stronghold 220 For Ioanna, the evening had been made. 1959 Listener 6 Aug. 223/3 It [sc. a play] didn't make my day. 1970 H. McLeave Question of Negligence (1973) xviii. 141 Get him to..show us his scar... Go on, dare him. It'll make the evening. 1992 Philadelphia Inquirer Mag. 11 Oct. 32/2 I always got the feeling they wanted me to challenge them, to make their day. < as lemmas |
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