英语词汇“if the sky falls, we shall catch larks”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. In proverbs and proverbial sayings. Esp. in if the sky falls, we shall catch larks and variants: used to express the view that something is very unlikely to happen, or that it is unwise to worry about a highly improbable eventuality.

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c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. B. l. 1181 (MED) We shall kacche many larkis whan heuene doith falle.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. B A leg of a larke Is better than is the body of a kyght.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii^v Louers lyue by loue, ye as larks lyue by leekes.

a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 And hewin fall, we shall hawe mani larkis.

1711 Brit. Apollo 14–16 Mar. When the sky falls, we shall catch Larks.

1802 W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. Introd. p. lxv The maxim of the Douglasses, that it was better to hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep.

1851 Western Lit. Messenger Dec. 149/1 But they may just as well tell me that the sky is coming down, and that we may set about picking up the larks.

1951 C. S. Lewis Prince Caspian xii. 136 You badgers would have us wait till the sky falls and we can all catch larks.

1974 S. Cashman & S. Gaffney Prov. & Sayings Ireland 58 Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.

2020 @PadraigSagart 25 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 26 Oct. 2021) [In response to a news story shared with the headline Virus spread could escalate quickly again if the public are complacent.] If the sky fell down we'd all catch larks.

单词	if the sky falls, we shall catch larks
释义	> as lemmas if the sky falls, we shall catch larks P1. In proverbs and proverbial sayings. Esp. in if the sky falls, we shall catch larks and variants: used to express the view that something is very unlikely to happen, or that it is unwise to worry about a highly improbable eventuality. ΚΠ c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. B. l. 1181 (MED) We shall kacche many larkis whan heuene doith falle. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. B A leg of a larke Is better than is the body of a kyght. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii^v Louers lyue by loue, ye as larks lyue by leekes. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 128 And hewin fall, we shall hawe mani larkis. 1711 Brit. Apollo 14–16 Mar. When the sky falls, we shall catch Larks. 1802 W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. Introd. p. lxv The maxim of the Douglasses, that it was better to hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep. 1851 Western Lit. Messenger Dec. 149/1 But they may just as well tell me that the sky is coming down, and that we may set about picking up the larks. 1951 C. S. Lewis Prince Caspian xii. 136 You badgers would have us wait till the sky falls and we can all catch larks. 1974 S. Cashman & S. Gaffney Prov. & Sayings Ireland 58 Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog. 2020 @PadraigSagart 25 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 26 Oct. 2021) [In response to a news story shared with the headline Virus spread could escalate quickly again if the public are complacent.] If the sky fell down we'd all catch larks. extracted from larkn.¹ < as lemmas
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