单词 | seal one's fate |
释义 | seal one's fateDecide what will become of one, as in The letter of rejection sealed his fate; he'd have to apply to other medical schools. This term employs seal in the sense of “permanently fix or fasten something,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s. Words nearby seal one's fatesealing wax, sea lion, sea loch, seal of approval, seal off, seal one's fate, Sea Lord, seal point, seal ring, sealskin, sea lungwort 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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