单词 | what must be must be |
释义 | > as lemmaswhat must be must be c. Proverb. [Probably after Middle French tout avient quanqu'avenir doit (1340).] what must be must be (and variants): expressing resigned acceptance of the future. Cf. que sera sera int. ΚΠ 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria f. 20v That the whiche muste be wyll be. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year I. i. 29 It's really very inconvenient..for any of my young men to be absent..but—I suppose—what must be must be. 1938 N. Streatfeild Circus is Coming ii. 13 Peter is sensible... He knows what must be must be. 2002 S. Perera Do Right Thing 8 All this talk of gloom and doom. What will be will be. < as lemmas |
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