英语词汇“a person's bread always falls butter side up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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a person's bread (also toast) always falls butter side up (also down)

a. a person's bread (also toast) always falls butter side up (also down) and variants: used to suggest that the person in question has consistently good (or bad) luck.See also slightly earlier variant with buttered at buttered adj. Phrases 1.

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1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing lxii. 163 When he lets his slice fall..it always somehow falls butter side up.

1991 S. Pinsker Schlemiel as Metaphor (rev. ed.) i. 2 When a schlimazl's bread-and-butter accidently falls on the floor it always lands butter-side down.

2002 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 2 McCarthy gave him the captain's armband for Ireland's next match. So what's going on? Who knows? But McAteer..is one of those people whose toast always falls butter-side up.

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单词	a person's bread always falls butter side up
释义	> as lemmas a person's bread (also toast) always falls butter side up (also down) a. a person's bread (also toast) always falls butter side up (also down) and variants: used to suggest that the person in question has consistently good (or bad) luck.See also slightly earlier variant with buttered at buttered adj. Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing lxii. 163 When he lets his slice fall..it always somehow falls butter side up. 1991 S. Pinsker Schlemiel as Metaphor (rev. ed.) i. 2 When a schlimazl's bread-and-butter accidently falls on the floor it always lands butter-side down. 2002 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 2 McCarthy gave him the captain's armband for Ireland's next match. So what's going on? Who knows? But McAteer..is one of those people whose toast always falls butter-side up. extracted from buttern.¹ < as lemmas
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