| 单词 | to turn up trumps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto turn up trumps a. figurative and in figurative context. to turn up trumps, to turn out well or successfully (colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) speed993 achievec1300 escheve?a1400 succeed1509 to turn up trumps1595 fadge1611 to nick ita1637 to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655 to get on1768 to reap, win one's laurels1819 to go a long way1859 win out1861 score1882 to make it1885 to make a ten-strike1887 to make the grade1912 to make good1914 to bring home the bacon1924 to go places1931 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] speedc1175 fayc1300 provec1300 flourishc1400 passc1425 prosper1434 succeedc1450 to take placea1464 to come well to (our) pass1481 shift?1533 hitc1540 walka1556 fadge1573 thrive1587 work1599 to come (good) speedc1600 to go off1608 sort1613 go1699 answer1721 to get along1768 to turn up trumps1785 to come off1854 pan1865 scour1871 arrive1889 to work out1899 to ring the bell1900 to go over1907 click1916 happen1949 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iv. ii She..snatcht vp a fagot stick..and came furiously marching towards me,..thundering out..Thou drunken knaue, where hast thou bin so long?..and so shee began to play knaues trumps. 1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) iii. iii. i. ii. 602 They turned up trumpe, before the Cards were shufled. 1641 Hollis in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 346 To be honest when every body else is honest, when Honesty is in fashion, and is Trump, as I may say, is nothing so meritorious. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §63 470 The same Card was going to be Trump in the factious Game against King Charles II. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Trump Something may turn up trumps, something lucky may happen. 1819 M. Wilmot Let. 3 Sept. (1935) 17 A little converted Jew..who received us into his house at a moderate rate and has turned up such trumps that I must introduce him to you. 1862 W. Collins No Name iv. viii Instances..of short courtships and speedy marriages, which have turned up trumps—I beg your pardon—which have turned out well, after all. 1890 J. Hatton By Order of Czar (ed. 2) II. ii. xiii. 159 Nitrates have turned up trumps. < as lemmas |
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