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单词 in going
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in (also on) going

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P1. in (also on) going.
a. In simple predicative use: in the process of, or in the state or condition of, going (in various senses of the verb). Obsolete.
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1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Ciii The iourney..towarde the hye Jerusalem in heuen: to the whiche we be in goyng.
1610 A. Browne tr. St. Bonaventure Life Father S. Francis xi. 127 And see euen as they were in going, the holy man..came out of his Cell.
b. As an object complement after keep, set, etc.: in or into a state of motion, activity, etc. Obsolete.
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1602 A. Munday tr. 3rd Pt. Palmerin of Eng. xxxi. f. 85v The wheele was set on going againe, and the foure Giants prepared a new to assaile him.
1608 T. Dekker Belman of London (new ed.) sig. C4 The fumes of drinke, which..set her tongue in going.
1624 F. Bacon Considerations War with Spain (1629) 5 This wheele set on going, did power a Warre vpon the Venetians.
a1673 T. Horton 100 Select Serm. (1679) xxxix. f. 299/2 It is a word behind thee: So as there where thou keepest behind, to set thee on going.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 10/1 Very hard to stop when once it is set on going.
1774 Monthly Rev. 50 App. 565 The machinery for keeping a clock in going while it is wound up.
P2. colloquial (originally U.S.). while the going is good: while the conditions are favourable (esp. for fleeing or for getting out of trouble); formerly frequently in to go while the going is good.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > while conditions are favourable
while the going is good1830
1830 Observer & Telegr. (Hudson, Ohio) 25 Nov. The American Bible Society should..lose no time this autumn while the going is good and the weather mild, in putting the sacred treasure into the last destitute family within their limits.
1906 H. Blossom (title of song) Go while the goin' is good.
1907 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 4 Oct. 2/1 The offer..will positively not be repeated, so it's best to go while the going is good.
1916 H. L. Mencken Let. 10 July (1961) 85 You would be a maniac not to go out for all that money while the going is good.
1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars ii. 48 Warned in time, the two..had gone while the going was good.
1994 J. Galloway Foreign Parts vii. 108 I think we cut and run, go while the going is good and don't chance our luck.
2006 L. Ellmann Doctors & Nurses (2007) 197 Jen hauled her sorry ass out of there while the going was still good.
P3. in the early (also late, etc.) going: in the early, late, etc., stages (esp. of a race or other contest).
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1898 Hawaiian Gaz. 17 May 6/1 Directress..did not respond as was expected by her admirers and backers, though she had made a splendid showing in the early going of the heat.
1938 Princeton Alumni Weekly 18 Mar. 541/1 Sixty yards off the 4:074 masterpiece of the Kansas robot, and pushed around in the early going, Bradley's time was 4:15.
1965 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 19 Mar. 10/5 Some of the biggest names in the tournament had trouble..in the initial going.
1993 D. K. Henderson Interpr. & Explan. Human Sci. iii. 51 Where the principle of charity is significantly constraining in interpretation, namely in the earlier going, it plays a largely preparatory role.
2009 New Yorker 30 Nov. 31/3 Their manager..stood in the late going with one foot up on the step of the dugout.
P4. Originally U.S. Proverb. when the going gets tough, the tough get going: pressure or adversity acts as a stimulus to those of strong character. Also with variation of the main clause, frequently with humorous intent.
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1954 Bakersfield Californian 4 May 26/5 He [sc. Frank Leahy] also inserted his own personal football motto in to the dialogue: ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going.’
1955 Mich. Alumnus 22 Oct. 61/1 A prophetic message was prominently posted in the Michigan training room..before the Minnesota game: When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
1962 J. H. Cutler Honey Fitz xx. 291 Joe [Kennedy] made his children stay on their toes... ‘He would bear down on them and tell them, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”’.
1992 Jrnl. Prop. Managem. July 33/2 A humorous letter explained that..‘When the going gets tough, the tough eat chocolate.’
2004 Time 24 May 33/3 In this Administration, when the going gets tough, the tough go to Baghdad.
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