单词 | facts winna ding |
释义 | > as lemmasfacts winna ding c. intransitive with reflexive meaning. Scottish. In the proverbial phrase facts winna ding and variants: facts cannot be overcome or suppressed. Now rare except in allusions to quot. 1786. ΚΠ 1786 R. Burns Poems 81 But Facts are cheels that winna ding, An' downa be disputed. 1833 Fife Herald 3 Jan. Facts are things that winna ding. 1860 Spiritual Mag. Dec. 558 Facts ‘winna ding’, and though they may first have to run the gauntlet of derision and antagonism, they must in the end be recognised for what they are. 1951 Labour Monthly 33 261 Facts winna ding. Truth prevails. Sooner or later. < as lemmas |
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