单词 | to take to the best or worst |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (etc.) to the best or worst ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > make the worst of to take (etc.) to the best or worstc1450 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [verb (transitive)] to take (etc.) to the best or worst1563 optimize1941 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 286 Euyr-more þou demyst euyll & to þe werste. ?1553 H. Dekyn tr. Herman V of Wied Brefe Declar. Dewty Maried Folkes sig. Bii Wyth a louyng patyens to take all thynges to the beste. 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) sig. X viij b The good take yll thynges to the best. 1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel 43 More honour found Homer in expressing mens manners to the best, than Hegemon to the worst. < as lemmas |
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