| 单词 | good men are scarce |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgood men are scarce b. Proverb. good men are scarce: men of high integrity or capability, or who possess desirable qualities, are rare. In later use also good men are hard to find (also in singular). Now chiefly with reference to finding a suitable man for employment or marriage. ΚΠ 1609 D. Tuvill tr. Juvenal in Ess., Morall & Theol. 92 Good men are scarce, No age so many brings. 1734 Bayle's Hist. Crit. Dict. (ed. 2) I. 20 Good men are scarce, the Just are thinly sown. 1892 Wheel & Cycling Trade Rev. 23 Dec. 26/2 Another favorite scheme of these ‘Kings’ is to contract for 300, 500 or 1,000 wheels... That contract is worth just ten wheels... Is it any wonder why ‘good men are scarce’? 1913 Mining & Engin. World 1 Nov. 795/1 In the east there is a large class of competent men to pick from..while in the gold mining districts good men are scarce. 1957 Los Angeles Times 18 Aug. ii. 4/1 Washington has been singing the blues lately on the theme that good men are hard to find, in this case, being men who are qualified and able to assume high-level jobs in government. 1986 Ebony May 29/2 But, as women are discovering, the cliché, ‘A good man is hard to find,’ is more than just a catchy phrase—it is a reality. 2013 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 26 May h8 Because I know a good man is hard to find, I'm not going to be too picky about him. < as lemmas |
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