| 单词 | not a halfpenny the worse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot a halfpenny the worse P3. not a halfpenny the worse and variants: not harmed or disadvantaged in the slightest degree. Now rare. Π 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 17 Syluester, Bonifacius, and some other Popes, haue beene errand deuill-coniurers, and yet theyr holinesse not an halfepeny the worse. 1711 R. Cooper Country-man's Proposal (ed. 2) (title page) The Farmer shews how..to maintain this War with France Twenty Years, and the Nation not one Half-penny the worse. 1878 R. L. Stevenson in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 356 His soul has as many lives as a cat; he will live in all weathers, and never be a halfpenny the worse. 1941 F. Thompson Over to Candleford in Lark Rise to Candleford (2009) xxiv. 339 He returned to his bed, apparently not a ha'penny the worse for his airing. < as lemmas |
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