单词 | etc in one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto be (also get, stand, etc.) in one's way (i) to be (also get, stand, etc.) in one's way, to be (also get, stand, etc.) in the way of (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (intransitive)] hinderc1386 to be (also get, stand, etc.) in one's way1481 to trump in (one's) way1570 to put in one's spoke1580 to put a spoke in one's wheel1583 to be (also get, stand, etc.) in the waya1750 snag1833 to cramp one's style1917 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 62 Who so alleway sayth trouth. shal fynde many lettyngis in his way. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 159 Welth, wardly gloir and riche array Ar all bot thornis laid in thy way. 1564 Briefe Exam. B iij Ye must..take heede, lest ye stande in your owne way. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1667 (1955) III. 493 He thwarted some of them & stood in their way. 1776 S. Foote Bankrupt i. 3 To throw some confounded rub in the way. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 28 Thus, then, you go off with eclat, provided nothing is in your horse's way, and if there is,..he will probably leap over it. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. iii. 183 [His] egotism..sacrificed his best friends and first duties, if they stood in its way. 1805 R. E. Scott Elem. Intellect. Philos. App. i. 427 The abstractness of some mathematical conceptions has doubtless thrown considerable difficulties in the way of the learner. 1828 M. T. Sadler Ireland xiv. 342 The financial obstacles in the way of a free trade in corn. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 329 The smaller girls managed to be in every body's way, and were pushed about accordingly. 1885 Manch. Examiner 11 June 4/7 The Liberal party will be bound in honour to throw no factious obstacles in their way. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks II. xxiii. 17 His pride stood in the way of success. 1901 Rec. Christian Work Dec. 934 A soul merchant, unhesitatingly sacrificing the spiritual interests of all around him, if they stand in the way of his bargaining. 1934 P. Hamilton Plains of Cement xxix. 249 He had chosen to come inside the bar with her this morning, and had been swanking about his Christmas presents and getting in her way for fully half an hour. 1989 C. S. Murray Crosstown Traffic viii. 189 The free jazzers never allowed the song to get in the way of the music. 2000 B. Segal Whisper Awhile 59 A million men with glorious aeroplanes and tanks and gold braid and scarlet tabs stood behind me; let no one stand in my way. to come (also fall, lie, etc.) in one's way (i) to come (also fall, lie, etc.) in one's way: to be met with in the course of one's experience. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > fall to one shootc1175 happen1477 to come in one's way1533 land1679 to come a person's waya1816 to drop into the lap of1962 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [phrase] > gain (so much) to come in one's way1533 1533 T. More Apologye xxvi. f. 161v The towchyng of thys mater is no parte of my prynncypall entent, but happeneth as an incydent to fall in my waye. 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 171 It is not possible for any thynge to come in my waye nowe from henseforthe, so great, that may greue my harte, or cause me to be sad. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 28 Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. View more context for this quotation a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 37 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Under it [sc. his mantle] he may cleanly convey any fit pillage that commeth handsomly in his way. 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §44 As for riches, if they fall in my way, I refuse them not. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Cure of Gout in Miscellanea 193 The General Officers of Armies,..the publick Ministers..(that have fallen in my way) being generally subject to it [sc. the Gout] in one degree or other. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xii It comes in my way here to retaliate to him. 1742 London Mag. June 300/2 My Method of treating these sort of Sparks when they fall in my Way. 1767 A. Murphy School for Guardians iii. 45 Since difficulties come in my way, genius must surmount them. 1828 W. Scott Tales of Grandfather 1st Ser. II. xi. 213 A warrant empowering them to take all Portuguese vessels which should come in their way. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxxi. 279 These things he knew nothing of; they had not come in his way. 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery II. ii. 19 Every actor whom it had come in my way to know..was a poor devil. 1915 N.Y. Times Curr. Hist. 2 348/2 Educated solely by his own efforts on stray newspapers and books which fell in his way in his schoolless village. 1948 M. K. Gandhi in Times of India 12 Feb. 1/3 I am not aching for martyrdom, but if it comes in my way in the prosecution of what I consider to be the supreme duty in defense of the faith I shall have earned it. < as lemmas |
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