| 单词 | it is never too late to mend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is never too late to mend c. intransitive. To undergo reform or moral improvement; to mend one's ways. Now chiefly Scottish except in the proverb it is never too late to mend. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform [verb (intransitive)] risec1175 amenda1275 menda1400 reform1582 reclaim1625 to turn down a leaf1633 to take up1661 repair1748 mend1782 to go straight1888 to straighten up1891 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23264 For þai mai haf na might to mend. a1450 (?c1405) in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 23 [He] þat nyl not mende, but ay don ylle. 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Diiv Their conscience..sayth thei were Tolde of their fault & woulde not mende. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 387 Let shame come when it will, I doe not callit [sic]... Mend when thou canst, be better at thy leasure. View more context for this quotation 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxxviii. 92 It is never over-late to mend. 1786 R. Burns Poems 61 O wad ye tak a thought an' men'! 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ix. 151 I am afraid that you are a very foolish boy..but I hope to see you mend when you marry. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xvii. 195 ‘Well, it's never too late to mend,’ said Anne roguishly. 1924 Swatches o' Hamespun 82 An' fain wid men', fan their chance wis past. 1934 H. Spring Shabby Tiger iv. 34 Adolf shrugged a shoulder which suggested that it's never too late to mend. 1961 I. Jefferies It wasn't Me! i. 13 How kind... Never too late to mend. < as lemmas |
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