英语词汇“you can't keep a good man down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

you can't (also it's hard to) keep a good man down and variants: a good, hard-working, or determined person will ultimately overcome any setbacks or adversity; also used ironically.

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1881 People (Indianapolis) 23 Apr. 6/2 We got out a splendid paper, however, and sold every one, and Reed did the same, which all goes to prove that ‘it's hard to keep a good man down’.

1958 Sun (Baltimore) 5 July 12/2 You can't keep a good man down... Excoriated by the McClellan committee, his big teamsters union booted out by the AFL-CIO for scandalous misconduct, Mr. Hoffa keeps pushing ahead without any discernible pause.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Oct. 28 Former Arts, Heritage and Environment Minister, Barry Cohen, may have been shunted from the centre stage of Canberra politics but he is living proof that you can't keep a good man down.

1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking iii. 428 As they say, it's not over till it's over. You can't keep a good person down.

2002 J. E. Smith In St. Patrick's Custody 78 Everybody was afraid he would just fade away into oblivion. They should have guessed he would still be pretty active at the church. You know what they say, it's hard to keep a good man down.

单词	you can't keep a good man down
释义	> as lemmas you can't (also it's hard to) keep a good man down you can't (also it's hard to) keep a good man down and variants: a good, hard-working, or determined person will ultimately overcome any setbacks or adversity; also used ironically. ΚΠ 1881 People (Indianapolis) 23 Apr. 6/2 We got out a splendid paper, however, and sold every one, and Reed did the same, which all goes to prove that ‘it's hard to keep a good man down’. 1958 Sun (Baltimore) 5 July 12/2 You can't keep a good man down... Excoriated by the McClellan committee, his big teamsters union booted out by the AFL-CIO for scandalous misconduct, Mr. Hoffa keeps pushing ahead without any discernible pause. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Oct. 28 Former Arts, Heritage and Environment Minister, Barry Cohen, may have been shunted from the centre stage of Canberra politics but he is living proof that you can't keep a good man down. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking iii. 428 As they say, it's not over till it's over. You can't keep a good person down. 2002 J. E. Smith In St. Patrick's Custody 78 Everybody was afraid he would just fade away into oblivion. They should have guessed he would still be pretty active at the church. You know what they say, it's hard to keep a good man down. extracted from keepv. < as lemmas
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