单词 | not for nothing |
释义 | not for nothing phrase [PHRASE cl, it v-link PHR that] See full dictionary entry for nothing If you say that it was not for nothing that something happened, you are emphasizing that there was a very good reason for it to happen. [emphasis] Not for nothing was the plane called 'The widow-maker'. It's not for nothing that interior decorators the world over look to the English country garden for glorious inspiration. |
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