to lose the ship (orig. and prop. sheep, ewe, hog) for a halfpennyworth of tar: to lose an object, spoil an enterprize or court failure, by…
| 单词 | θ91154 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons > in an undertaking > for the sake of a detail (1) to lose the ship (orig. and prop. sheep, ewe, hog) for a halfpennyworth of tar1631 to lose the ship (orig. and prop. sheep, ewe, hog) for a halfpennyworth of tar: to lose an object, spoil an enterprize or court failure, by… |
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