| 单词 | for luck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor luck c. for luck: in order to bring good luck. Cf. one for luck n. at Phrases 4d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > in order to bring good luck for good hansel1607 for luck1756 1756 Prater 24 July 119 Parsons', Justices', and Farmers' Daughters in the Country, who, not finding a plentiful Crop of Admirers, gather midsummer roses, sow hemp seed, and eat dumb cake for luck. a1797 H. Walpole Jrnl. Reign George III (1859) I. 7 Turned their coats inside outwards for luck. 1803 in Occas. Papers Univ. Sydney Austral. Lang. Res. Centre (1980) No. 18. 44 He..had ‘knocked him down and given him a topper for luck!’ 1894 G. S. Layard Tennyson & Pre-Raphaelite Illustr. iv. 45 Oriana ties her kerchief round the wings of her lover's helmet, whilst he strings his bow for luck against her foot. 1954 V. Randolph Pissing in Snow (1976) xv. 26 He was one of these fellows that always wears a buckskin string round his waist for luck. 2013 S. Nicholls Close your Pretty Eyes 231 I kissed the front of the envelope, for luck, and I pushed it through the letter hole. < as lemmas |
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