| 单词 | it takes all sorts to make a world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit takes all sorts to make a world d. Proverb. it takes all sorts to make a world; also elliptically it takes all sorts. ΚΠ 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. vi. 34 In the world there must bee of all sorts. 1767 S. Johnson Let. 17 Nov. (1992) I. 293 The world, says Locke, has people of all sorts.] 1844 D. Jerrold Story of Feather xxviii. 161 Click can't get off this time?.. Well, it takes all sorts to make a world. 1908 K. Grahame Wind in Willows iv. 89 The Wild Wood is pretty well populated..with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent... It takes all sorts to make a world. 1940 F. B. Young Mr. Lucton's Freedom ii. v. 182 It takes all sorts to make a world, to coin a phrase. 1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle i. 35 ‘I daresay it takes all sorts—’ conceded Harry vaguely. 1965 J. Fleming Nothing is Number ii. iii. 68 She shrugged. ‘It takes all sorts, you know.’ 1975 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo iii. 71 ‘My father's a banker during the week and a country gent at week-ends. Takes all sorts you know.’ ‘Takes all sorts?’ ‘To make a world.’ < as lemmas |
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