英语词汇“light come light go”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. Proverb. light come (and) light go: what is easily acquired is often just as easily lost, or may be abandoned without regret; frequently expressing a carefree or fatalistic attitude, esp. towards material possessions. Now rare.Cf. easy come, easy go at easy adj., adv., and n. Additions.

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L Lyght come lyght go.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iv. 17 Like a thriftless Wretch, spending the Goods and Gear that his Fore-Fathers won..light come, light go, he cares not a Farthing.

1876 H. N. Baker Sketches Austral. Life xiv. 184 I can't say exactly how the money went; but 'twas light come and light go.

1937 G. Heyer They found him Dead iv. 79 He was a bad husband to her. Light come light go.

1957 Country Life 13 June 1206/1 As for money, his only idea was to spend it in the most profuse and public manner possible. ‘Light come, light go’ seems to have been his motto.

单词	light come light go
释义	> as lemmas light come (and) light go P1. Proverb. light come (and) light go: what is easily acquired is often just as easily lost, or may be abandoned without regret; frequently expressing a carefree or fatalistic attitude, esp. towards material possessions. Now rare.Cf. easy come, easy go at easy adj., adv., and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L Lyght come lyght go. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iv. 17 Like a thriftless Wretch, spending the Goods and Gear that his Fore-Fathers won..light come, light go, he cares not a Farthing. 1876 H. N. Baker Sketches Austral. Life xiv. 184 I can't say exactly how the money went; but 'twas light come and light go. 1937 G. Heyer They found him Dead iv. 79 He was a bad husband to her. Light come light go. 1957 Country Life 13 June 1206/1 As for money, his only idea was to spend it in the most profuse and public manner possible. ‘Light come, light go’ seems to have been his motto. extracted from lightadv.¹ < as lemmas
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