| 单词 | to the bitter end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the bitter end b. to the bitter end: to the last and direst extremity; to death itself. So commonly used: but the history is doubtful: see bitter n.3 Cf. Bible: Prov. v. 4. ΚΠ 1849 Congress. Globe 12 Dec. 23, I am unfortunately among those who voted for the gentleman from Indiana, even ‘to the bitter end’. 1850 Congress. Globe 9 Apr. App. 434 Our defence is a just one, and will be maintained by us to the ‘bitter end’. 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria vi. 210 He would go on, working to the utmost and striving for the highest, to the bitter end. 1955 G. Greene Loser takes All i. ix. 62 A wife ought to believe in her husband to the bitter end. < as lemmas |
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