| 单词 | like as not |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(as) like as not b. colloquial. (as) like as not: very likely, most probably. Cf. (as) likely as not at likely adj., adv., and n. Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Prol. f. xiiiiv Notwithstandyng, lyke as not euery manne did at that tyme with eguall synceritie and purenesse preache the ghospell. 1652 N. Culpeper Eng. Physitian (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. A2v A man reading Gerards or Parkinsons Herbal for the Cure of a Diseas, he may as like as not, light on an Herb that is not here to be had. 1753 London Mag. Jan. 31/2 If they show'd infringe his pre-rogue-alive, as like as not, he maack a bilthy bustle abaut it. 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing xxxi. 125 But its like as not, the newspapers 'll blab it out before I get half way there. 1921 Collier's 25 June 3/3 Like as not I will have to go back pitchin' baseball in some bush league on the account I am too old for the Big Time. 1997 R. Bowen Evans Above (1999) i. 16 Probably went down on the railway to Llanberis. Like as not they're having a drink there now. 2001 A. O'Hare Green Eyes i. 10 Followed as like as not by a dose of Syrup of Figs,..her panacea for all ills. < as lemmas |
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