英语词汇“let the chips fall where they may”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. let the chips fall where they may and variants: come what may, whatever the consequences. In early use, more fully hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may.The fuller form of the phrase indicates that it originally alluded to sense 1a, although in current use it may be understood as referring to sense 10a.

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1856 Geneva (Wisconsin) Weekly Express 15 Mar. Its [sc. the Danville Independent's] motto is, ‘Hew to the line, let the chips fall where they will,’ and..the fair editor so far writes in the full spirit of the motto.

1860 Jackson (Mississippi) Daily News 7 June They are determined to ‘hew to the line—let the chips fall where they will’.

1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley (1940) xxvii. 309 Before I have finished, this man O'Reilly will face the jury of the criminal court, let the chips fall where they may.

2019 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 14 I feel my job is to stand up for the Constitution, so let the chips fall where they may.

单词	let the chips fall where they may
释义	> as lemmas let the chips fall where they may d. let the chips fall where they may and variants: come what may, whatever the consequences. In early use, more fully hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may.The fuller form of the phrase indicates that it originally alluded to sense 1a, although in current use it may be understood as referring to sense 10a. ΚΠ 1856 Geneva (Wisconsin) Weekly Express 15 Mar. Its [sc. the Danville Independent's] motto is, ‘Hew to the line, let the chips fall where they will,’ and..the fair editor so far writes in the full spirit of the motto. 1860 Jackson (Mississippi) Daily News 7 June They are determined to ‘hew to the line—let the chips fall where they will’. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley (1940) xxvii. 309 Before I have finished, this man O'Reilly will face the jury of the criminal court, let the chips fall where they may. 2019 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 16 Mar. 14 I feel my job is to stand up for the Constitution, so let the chips fall where they may. extracted from chipn.² < as lemmas
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