单词 | be-all and end-all, the |
释义 | be-all and end-all, theThe most important element or purpose, as in Buying a house became the be-all and end-all for the newlyweds. Shakespeare used this idiom in Macbeth (1:6), where Macbeth muses that “this blow might be the be-all and the end-all” for his replacing Duncan as king. [Late 1500s] Words nearby be-all and end-all, theball's in your court, the, Theban, Barber of Seville, The, Bartered Bride, The, thebe, be-all and end-all, the, the beauty of, Beaux' Stratagem, The, Beggar's Opera, The, beginning of the end, the, Bell Jar, The The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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