| 单词 | for all one's worth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfor all one's worth P3. for all one's worth: with one's best effort; as vigorously or assiduously as one can. [Perhaps arising from reanalysis of for all it's worth at worth adj. Phrases 5. In some early instances with its the reference of the pronoun is uncertain (as e.g. quot. 1917, where its could potentially refer to either the bird or its song).] ΚΠ 1878 Detroit Free Press 23 Jan. Strike for all your worth when you hit him! 1907 Evening News 14 Feb. 4/2 A moment later the ‘Daily Mail’ man was fighting for all his worth to cleave a passage through the human pack. 1917 Irish Monthly May 275 The bold yellow-hammer unblushingly intrudes its humble, monotonous stave for all its worth. 1931 Musical Times May 454/1 The ordinary symphonic orchestra..plays away for all its worth. 1941 News (Adelaide) 21 June 2/2 Our job is to..pull together for all our worth for the common good. 1986 Guardian 6 Mar. 13/4 At times Streep appears to be playing for all her worth over Redford's left shoulder. 2000 J. Boyne Thief of Time (2007) 60 ‘All romances are complicated,’ I said cheerily, seventeen years old.., and behaving for all my worth like a man of the world. < as lemmas |
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