单词 | enough and to spare |
释义 | > as lemmasenough and to spare c. enough and to spare (cf. spare v.1 8d). ΚΠ 1555 J. Old Acquital Edwarde VI xix. sig. F3 They that go about to bryng them into that slaunder, shal haue light ynough (and to spare) in theyr kyngdom, wher hel fyre shalbe theyr light. 1640 J. Mabbe tr. M. de Cervantes Exemplarie Novells vi. 274 Heaven hath dealt so liberally with me, that I have (if enough be enough) enough and to spare. 1738 G. Whitefield Jrnl. 10 Jan. in First Two Parts Life & Jrnls. (1756) 50 I could not but transverse the Prodigal's Complaint: How many are ready to perish with hunger, whilst I have enough and to spare. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist July 200/1 We have enough and to spare, and we repeat, that English and other European buyers of wheat, need have no hesitation in depending upon this country for all they may require. 1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) xvii. 347 It was always so generous with fruit. There was always enough and to spare. < as lemmas |
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