| 单词 | when two sundays come together |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhen two Sundays come together (also meet) a. when two Sundays come together (also meet): never. Cf. on (at) the Greek Calends at calends n. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > infrequently or it rarely happens [phrase] > never when two Sundays come together (also meet)a1605 a1605 W. Haughton English-men for my Money (1616) sig. D2 Yes marry when two Sundayes come together. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 194 When two Sundays meet. 1736 J. Kelly French Idioms 25 Aux calendes grecques, never; when two Sundays come together. 1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) at Saint Geoffrey's Day Tomorrow-come-never, when two Sundays come together. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘When two Sundays come togither’, an impossibility. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 310 ‘When two Sundays meet’, or, ‘When we have a month o' Sundays’, are phrases expressive of impossibilities. 1922 F. E. Clark Memories of Many Men in Many Lands xxxvii. 426 A reluctant father promises his daughter to a suitor when two Sundays come together in one week. 1990 E. Coffman Escape not my Love xvi. 355 Smiling slightly, he said, ‘Come here.’ ‘When two Sundays come together.’ He laughed. < as lemmas |
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