| 单词 | all work and no play makes jack a dull boy |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with All work and no play makes Jack a dull boyall work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) Hard work without time for recreation is not good for one's health, as in If Harry keeps up that grueling schedule, he's headed for a breakdown—all work and no play isn't healthy. A proverb included in James Howell's collection of 1659, this phrase remains so familiar that it is often shortened, as in the example. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boyA person who never takes time off from work becomes boring and bored. Words nearby All work and no play makes Jack a dull boyall well and good, all wet, all-wheel drive, All Whites, all wool and a yard wide, All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, ally, all-year, all year round, allyl, allyl alcohol The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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