| 单词 | cometh the hour |
| 释义 | > as lemmascometh the hour (cometh the man) f. cometh the hour (cometh the man) (and variants): the necessary person will appear in time of need; also used to express the belief that a person will be able to accept, and be equal to, a challenge when it arises.Chiefly (and apparently earliest) in sporting contexts.Allusive use often extends to use of a noun other than man (see quot. 1995). ΚΠ 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xv. 292 The Hour's come, and the Man.] 1954 Times of India 18 July 12/5 When he [sc. Cliff Gladwin] passed..the Springbok skipper, on the way to the wicket, Dudley asked, ‘What have you got to smile about?’ And Cliff made the classic reply: ‘Cometh the hour, cometh the man.’ 1978 S. Middleton Two Brothers xii. 131 Dim, uncoordinated, unambitious David laying the law down about what they were to do? It seemed impossible. She smiled to herself in her distress. David. Cometh the hour. 1989 Times 15 Dec. 39/1 Curry's rise has been meteoric by Wimbledon's standards and, with the dawning of the 1990s and a new era in tennis, there is an air of ‘cometh the hour, cometh the man’ about his appointment. 1995 Fortnight Oct. 13 Cometh the hour, cometh the nonsense. It's referendum time in the Republic again. 2010 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Dec. (Sports section) 16/6 Cometh the hour, cometh the man, and Cummings duly rose to the challenge to net his only goal of the tournament. < as lemmas |
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