| 单词 | to live to fight another day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto live to fight another day b. to live to fight another day: to survive a battle or (in extended use) a dangerous or unpleasant experience. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1711 W. King Vindic. Reverend Dr. Sacheverell 89 The General does not cashier his Soldier after the first Battle, but intends with Hudibras, that he shall live to fight another Day. 1848 J. G. Cumming Isle of Man viii. 108 He who leapt that precipice would never have lived to fight another day. 1887 Life 18 Aug. 2/2 Civil-service reform that lives to fight another day is in a more hopeful state than the sort that makes a desperate assault and gets squashed out of existence. 1943 Times 3 Apr. 4/2 The enemy suffered heavy loss, but the main body lives to fight another day. 1999 New Republic 6 Dec. 23/1 Clinton spent the next two years playing..with Newt Gingrich in hopes of living to fight another day. < as lemmas |
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