单词 | tomorrow come never |
释义 | > as lemmastomorrow come never P4. tomorrow come never: (on) a day that will never come; never. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > never neverOE ne'erc1275 late?a1439 naya1547 Latter Lammas1559 when the devil is blind1645 on (at) the Greek Calendsa1649 Queen Dick1652 tomorrow come never1660 nowhena1767 on Tib's Eve1785 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos iii. i. 2 But ad Graecas Calendas, to morrow come never. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 34 He shall have it in a very little Time... When? To morrow come never? [L. ad Calendas Græcas]. 1770 G. Colman Man & Wife iii. 46 Marc. Very soon, my dear! to-day, or to-morrow, perhaps. Sally. To-morrow come-never, I believe. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words at Nivver To-morrow come nivver—when two Sundays meet together. 1868 Ladies' Treasury 1 July ‘I'll wait awhile, till ye get to like me better.’ ‘An' that'll be “to-morrow come never”,’ muttered Sarah. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 196/1 To-morrow come never, never. < as lemmas |
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