| 单词 | you can't win them all |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou can't win them all b. Phrases. you can't win them all; you win some, you lose some, etc. ΚΠ 1953 R. Chandler Long Good-bye (1954) xxiv. 122 Take it easy, Doc. You can't win them all. 1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre-tooth xiv. 189 You win a few, you lose a few, and it's no good getting sore. 1976 Times 23 Nov. 14/1 You look like being saddled with the uninspiring Willy... On the other hand, you seem to have got your way over Mrs. Thatcher's nominee... You win some, you lose some. 1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels ix. 151 ‘It'll be all right,’ she said. ‘I daresay. You can't win them all.’ 1984 Listener 1 Nov. 24/3 Academic friends..have found just one definite factual error... Ah, well; win some, lose some. < as lemmas |
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