| 单词 | no joy without alloy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasno joy without alloy (also annoy) Proverb. no joy without alloy (also annoy): there is a trace of trouble or difficulty in every pleasure; cf. alloy n. 6, annoy n. 1. Now rare. ΚΠ 1596 A. Pryntz tr. Treasure Soule ii. i. 175 Dost thou not remember the common prouerbe. There is no gaine without paine, No ioy without annoy. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 109 No joy without annoy. 1724 Love upon Tick 25 How precarious is humane Felicity! No Joy without Alloy. 1840 Ladies' Garland 3 102/1 There's no joy without alloy. 1876 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 13 Nov. Earth knows no joy without annoy. 1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel iii. 67 He has to put up with certain disadvantages, of course; there is no joy without alloy. 1952 ‘P. L. Travers’ Mary Poppins in Park v. 153 ‘Alas, alas!’ muttered Mr. Mo. ‘No rose without a thorn! No joy without annoy!’ 1970 Anderson (Indiana) Herald 7 Nov. 4/2 American Saying: There is no joy without alloy. < as lemmas |
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