| 单词 | every dog has his day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevery (also a) dog has his day a. every (also a) dog has his day and variants: every person will experience success or recognition at some point in his or her life. Cf. sense 17a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > period of power or influence a dog has his day1546 innings1772 inning1885 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Div But as euery man saieth, a dog hath a daie. Shuld you a man, dispayre than any daie? nay. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 289 A Cat will meaw, a Dog will haue a day. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. i. 4 in Wks. (1640) III A man ha' his houre, and a dog his day . View more context for this quotation 1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 227 The Man is young, the World is wide, And as judicious Authors say, Every Dog shall have his Day. 1792 J. Throsby Suppl. Vol. Leics. Views xiii. 159 Palaces of kings have been made the abodes of felons, and sovereigns have been humbled to a state of beggary; a vulgar adage says, ‘Every dog has its day.’ 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. i. 5 Each dog has but his day. a1869 R. Leighton Reuben (1875) 184 The most unlucky dog may have his day, But I, poor whelp, have given my turn away. 1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 165 You can't tell, one of our guests might become famous all of a sudden. Every dog has its day. 1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. (Business section) 16/1 In a field that even by academic standards is racked with schisms and feuds..there is still a chance of every dog having its day. < as lemmas |
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