| 单词 | to pick up the pieces |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pick up the pieces d. transitive. figurative. to pick up the pieces: to restore one's life or a situation to a more normal state after a shock or disaster. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [verb (intransitive)] > retrieve one's losses to pick up the pieces1838 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 192 It was jist like an omnibus: I was a passenger... S'posing the omnibus got upset—well, I walks off, and leaves the man to pick up the pieces. 1858 R. B. Brough Siege of Troy 44 Homer. Ilion has fallen. Let's pick up the pieces! 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. viii. 225 You'll force me to run away from you, after all, you will; and then you'll shake to bits and there'll be nobody to pick up the pieces! 1912 R. Kipling in London Mag. Mar. 11/1 I should have said it was half a night. Now, shall we go down and pick up the pieces? 1951 J. C. Fennessy Sonnet in Bottle v. iv. 163 Injy was very good at taking things as they came. But he generally found it was his job to pick up the pieces afterwards. 1977 R. Perry Dead End i. 12 If anything does go wrong it'll be nice having you around to pick up the pieces. 2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Oct. a22/2 Years of warfare have set an already poor country back to ground zero and either killed or driven into exile the people most capable of picking up the pieces. < as lemmas |
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