单词 | to live and learn |
释义 | > as lemmasto live and learn P6. to live and learn: to learn from experience. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > have experience of [verb (intransitive)] wita1400 to pass through ——c1400 to live and learnc1620 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1261/1 That they maye liue and learne the like, And passe their time in peace.] c1620 in Roxburghe Ballads (Ballad Soc.) (1871) I. 60 A man may liue and learne. 1701 T. D'Urfey Bath ii. i. 11 Well, one may live and learn I zee. 1803 M. Wilmot Let. 6 Aug. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 32 Humph! thinks I. One must live and learn. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xx. 208 Live and learn. I had my doubts, I confess, but now they're cleared up. 1957 A. Huxley Let. 12 Dec. (1969) 836 Problems which I have been trying to solve for the last four months, without any success; for they are, so far as I can see, insoluble. So there we are. One lives and learns. 2006 T. Schlesinger Five Flights Up 40/2 I spent all my money on this lizard. I think you live and learn. < as lemmas |
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