| 单词 | all good things must come to an end |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall good things must come to an end P4. Proverb. all good things must come to an end and variants: used to express the impermanent nature of pleasurable situations, events, etc. Also good things cannot last. ΚΠ 1867 Independent (N.Y.) 22 Aug. 8/3 All good things must have an end in this sublunary state. 1869 Daily Morning Chron. (Washington, D.C.) 19 Jan. 3/5 But all good things must come to an end, even so good a thing as this Irish comedian. 1900 Birmingham Pict. & Dart 16 Mar. 4/2 Good things cannot last for ever, and..Hamilton's excursions are not exceptions to this maxim. 1948 A. J. Cronin Shannon's Way iv. v. 263 All good things come to an end. I must go now and check my wretched linen-room. 1994 M. D. Franceschi Surface Tension xlv. 256 There is always that fear he won't be there, the suspicion that good things can't last. 2011 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 18 Sept. 6 All good things have to end, however, and we said goodbye to the vessel in Hong Kong. < as lemmas |
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