单词 | to tempt fate |
释义 | > as lemmasto tempt fate b. In to tempt fate, to tempt fortune, etc., the sense approaches a. ΚΠ 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 119 Who thus ouerthrowne, resolued no more to tempt fortune. 1693 T. Creech tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiii. 270 Thy Perjur'd Friend will quickly tempt his Fate. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. i. 9 Wisely resolv'd to tempt his Fate no more. < as lemmas |
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