英语词汇“more than one's life is worth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. more than one's life is worth: liable to be fatal or very dangerous; (hence in hyperbolic use) not worth the risk; likely to have bad or unpleasant consequences. Also with nouns other than life, in the same sense.See also more than one's ears are worth at ear n.¹ Phrases 3b(b), to be more than one's job's worth at job n.² Phrases 13.

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1645 J. Maynard Serm. to House of Commons 9 Take fast hold of instruction.., for she is thy life. If thou lose her, it is more than thy life is worth.

1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. xcvi. 328 Now, if a man slip into the least Errour, 'tis much more than his life is worth.

1732 Fate of Corsica v. 60 It would be more than my Life's worth should I stir from my Post.

1823 Morning Chron. 22 Sept. It would have been more than their lives were worth to have presumed to award such a disproportionate punishment.

1869 Turf, Field, & Farm 19 Nov. 321/2 The situation threatened literally to become more than his neck was worth.

1937 Macleay Chron. (Kempsey, New S. Wales) 10 Mar. 7/1 She will give me a hiding if I tell. It would be more than my life is worth.

1985 Guardian 15 June 6/7 It would be more than your head is worth..to suggest to Saddam Hussein that we are not on the winning team.

2012 C. Ould Knock Down 204 The screen lit up, but wanted a PIN. Dee Jarvis shook her head when Holly asked if she knew it. ‘More than my life's worth to look at her phone,’ she said.

单词	more than one's life is worth
释义	> as lemmas more than one's life is worth b. more than one's life is worth: liable to be fatal or very dangerous; (hence in hyperbolic use) not worth the risk; likely to have bad or unpleasant consequences. Also with nouns other than life, in the same sense.See also more than one's ears are worth at ear n.¹ Phrases 3b(b), to be more than one's job's worth at job n.² Phrases 13. ΚΠ 1645 J. Maynard Serm. to House of Commons 9 Take fast hold of instruction.., for she is thy life. If thou lose her, it is more than thy life is worth. 1676 tr. H. C. Agrippa Vanity Arts & Sci. xcvi. 328 Now, if a man slip into the least Errour, 'tis much more than his life is worth. 1732 Fate of Corsica v. 60 It would be more than my Life's worth should I stir from my Post. 1823 Morning Chron. 22 Sept. It would have been more than their lives were worth to have presumed to award such a disproportionate punishment. 1869 Turf, Field, & Farm 19 Nov. 321/2 The situation threatened literally to become more than his neck was worth. 1937 Macleay Chron. (Kempsey, New S. Wales) 10 Mar. 7/1 She will give me a hiding if I tell. It would be more than my life is worth. 1985 Guardian 15 June 6/7 It would be more than your head is worth..to suggest to Saddam Hussein that we are not on the winning team. 2012 C. Ould Knock Down 204 The screen lit up, but wanted a PIN. Dee Jarvis shook her head when Holly asked if she knew it. ‘More than my life's worth to look at her phone,’ she said. extracted from worthadj. < as lemmas
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