英语词汇“when push comes to shove”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P7. colloquial (originally U.S., in African-American use). when (also if) push comes to shove: when action must back up words; if or when one must commit oneself to an action or decision.

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1873 T. De W. Talmage in United Methodist Free Churches' Mag. Aug. 473 The proposed improvement is about to fail, when Push comes up behind it and gives it a shove, and Pull goes in front and lays into the traces; and, lo! the enterprise advances, the goal is reached!

1897 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 13 Feb. 4/3 But, ‘if pinch comes to shove’ as old Sol..was wont to say, will these gentlemen put on the habilaments of war and prove ‘more than a match’ for British ironclads or Spanish machetes?]

1898 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 28 Feb. 4/2 When ‘push comes to shove’ will editors of the Yellow Kid organs enlist?

1924 Chicago Defender 9 Aug. ii. 1/2 ‘Defense day’, backed by President Coolidge, will be used to show you what you could do in a pinch and, also, to show Europe what Uncle Sam can do if push comes to shove.

1948 L. Hughes in Chicago Defender 16 Oct. 6/4 Civilizations, like clocks, have a way of running down—only to be replaced by new versions. One can always buy another clock, or even tell time by the sun, if push comes to shove.

1958 J. M. Murtagh & S. Harris Cast First Stone vii. 105 Some..judges..talk nice and polite... Then, when push comes to shove, they say ‘Six months in the workhouse’.

1970 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 4 May 57/1 If push comes to shove, make good the threat.

1997 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 4 May (Mag. section) 55/1 I can see you taking legal advice on your position so that you'll know what to do if push comes to shove, but you'll try to work things out first.

单词	when push comes to shove
释义	> as lemmas when (also if) push comes to shove P7. colloquial (originally U.S., in African-American use). when (also if) push comes to shove: when action must back up words; if or when one must commit oneself to an action or decision. ΚΠ 1873 T. De W. Talmage in United Methodist Free Churches' Mag. Aug. 473 The proposed improvement is about to fail, when Push comes up behind it and gives it a shove, and Pull goes in front and lays into the traces; and, lo! the enterprise advances, the goal is reached! 1897 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 13 Feb. 4/3 But, ‘if pinch comes to shove’ as old Sol..was wont to say, will these gentlemen put on the habilaments of war and prove ‘more than a match’ for British ironclads or Spanish machetes?] 1898 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 28 Feb. 4/2 When ‘push comes to shove’ will editors of the Yellow Kid organs enlist? 1924 Chicago Defender 9 Aug. ii. 1/2 ‘Defense day’, backed by President Coolidge, will be used to show you what you could do in a pinch and, also, to show Europe what Uncle Sam can do if push comes to shove. 1948 L. Hughes in Chicago Defender 16 Oct. 6/4 Civilizations, like clocks, have a way of running down—only to be replaced by new versions. One can always buy another clock, or even tell time by the sun, if push comes to shove. 1958 J. M. Murtagh & S. Harris Cast First Stone vii. 105 Some..judges..talk nice and polite... Then, when push comes to shove, they say ‘Six months in the workhouse’. 1970 Calgary (Alberta) Herald 4 May 57/1 If push comes to shove, make good the threat. 1997 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 4 May (Mag. section) 55/1 I can see you taking legal advice on your position so that you'll know what to do if push comes to shove, but you'll try to work things out first. extracted from pushv. < as lemmas
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