| 单词 | in hard case |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin hard case a. Difficult circumstances (esp. in in hard case); a distressing, unpleasant, or unfair situation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things hard casec1325 box1546 pass1560 little-ease1589 a fine kettle1741 mess1812 how-do-you-do1835 hot mess1867 bed of nails1872 shitter1958 strife1963 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 11457 (MED) Þer was þe erl of ferers ibrouȝt in hard cas. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 111 (MED) Gracyous god in hefne trone, comforte my spowse in þis hard cas. ?1548 Ld. Berners tr. D. de San Pedro Castell of Loue sig. D.viii In the hard case that I ame in,..I am better dysposed to ende my lyfe, then to make any reasones. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 371 Its an hard case, when men of good deseruing Must..be..asked for their pas by euerie squib, That list at will them to reuile or snib. 1610 H. Broughton Iob xxx. 138 When others were in hard case: I parched in sorow. 1660 H. Oxinden Charls Triumphant ii. ix. 21 Some of them..many nights did neither sleep, nor slumber, For very grief ofs Majesty's hard case. ?1690 N. Burne Leader-Haughs & Yarow (single sheet) For many a place stands in hard case, Where Burns were blyth beforrow. 1733 J. Goole Contract Violated 44 A hard Case, that the Wickedness of another should lay any Man under such a shocking Obligation! 1816 J. Austen Emma III. xiii. 238 It was a hard case to be obliged still to lower herself in his opinion. View more context for this quotation 1864 J. S. Le Fanu Uncle Silas II. xvi. 247 It is a hard case, Miss, a lad o' spirit should be kept so tight. I havn't a shilling. 1912 Billboard 9 Nov. 3/1 Contrawise, the man whose work is monotonous and repellent is in a hard case. 2011 R. T. MacIntyre Angels at Eastport Bridge 550 It would be considered a hard case, a melancholy tragedy of sorts for the nature of one like Devon. < as lemmas |
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