| 单词 | while the play is good |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhile the play is good (also best) 12. Scottish while the play is good (also best): before the situation becomes serious, dangerous, or unpleasant. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > while opportunity exists [phrase] while the play is good (also best)c1480 c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 885 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 54 For-thi quhen the play best is best is to lefe than I-wyse. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 131 Come, laddie, speak while the play is good—you're too young to bear the burthen will be laid on you else. 1907 N.E.D. (at cited word) Stop now while the play is good; you have gone far enough. < as lemmas |
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