英语词汇“to take what one can get”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to take what one can get (also find) and variants: to derive any advantage one can from a situation or opportunity; to accept what one is given, or what is available, as the best one can hope for.

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1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 386 That euerie souldier should bee his owne caruer and take what he can get.

1614 S. Latham Falconry i. ii. 41 If there be none of those [sc. young pigeons] to be had, then you must be content to take what you can get.

1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches v. sig. L2^v This little Demigorgon Constable..is able..to stave off the grand Divell for doing any of you good till you come to his Kingdome to him, and there take what you can finde.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 63 Be still taking and tarrowing. Take what you can get, though not all that is due.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 55 Don't be a fool. If she gives you the garnets, take what you can get.

1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag Dec. 746/1 Men so weak and imbecile..that they would let bygones be bygones, take what they could get and be grateful, without troubling themselves about accounts, or claiming arrears.

1867 Rep. Commissioners Recruiting for Army 63/2 in Parl. Papers XV. 1 My fear is that do what you will you must take what you can find, whether it is exactly what you wish or not.

1903 Daily Chron. 25 June 4/1 In this ill-adjusted world men have to take what they can get.

1943 E. Ginzberg Unemployed i. i. 16 With little specific preparation for mechanical or commercial work, they had to take what they could find.

1989 P. D. Zuelke Cash or Credit? i. 7 She had proven she was interested in taking what she could get and contributing nothing back.

2014 Brisbane News (Nexis) 21 May 4 I won the sack race, the egg-and-spoon race and the threelegged race. Not exactly Olympic sports, I know, but you take what you can get.

单词	to take what one can get
释义	> as lemmas to take what one can get (also find) b. to take what one can get (also find) and variants: to derive any advantage one can from a situation or opportunity; to accept what one is given, or what is available, as the best one can hope for. ΚΠ 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 386 That euerie souldier should bee his owne caruer and take what he can get. 1614 S. Latham Falconry i. ii. 41 If there be none of those [sc. young pigeons] to be had, then you must be content to take what you can get. 1634 T. Heywood & R. Brome Late Lancashire Witches v. sig. L2^v This little Demigorgon Constable..is able..to stave off the grand Divell for doing any of you good till you come to his Kingdome to him, and there take what you can finde. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 63 Be still taking and tarrowing. Take what you can get, though not all that is due. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 55 Don't be a fool. If she gives you the garnets, take what you can get. 1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag Dec. 746/1 Men so weak and imbecile..that they would let bygones be bygones, take what they could get and be grateful, without troubling themselves about accounts, or claiming arrears. 1867 Rep. Commissioners Recruiting for Army 63/2 in Parl. Papers XV. 1 My fear is that do what you will you must take what you can find, whether it is exactly what you wish or not. 1903 Daily Chron. 25 June 4/1 In this ill-adjusted world men have to take what they can get. 1943 E. Ginzberg Unemployed i. i. 16 With little specific preparation for mechanical or commercial work, they had to take what they could find. 1989 P. D. Zuelke Cash or Credit? i. 7 She had proven she was interested in taking what she could get and contributing nothing back. 2014 Brisbane News (Nexis) 21 May 4 I won the sack race, the egg-and-spoon race and the threelegged race. Not exactly Olympic sports, I know, but you take what you can get. extracted from takev. < as lemmas
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