| 单词 | nought venture, nought have |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnought (also nothing) venture, nought (or nothing) have c. In proverbial use, esp. in the phrase nought (also nothing) venture, nought (or nothing) have. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. E Noght venter noght haue. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Mvjv Nought venter nought haue, is a saying of old. 1604 Wit of Woman sig. C4v And she that will not venter her egges, shall neuer haue Chickens. 1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden iii. ii Who ever caught any thing with a naked hook? Nothing venture, nothing win. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 166 I am, however, generally for trying, ‘Nothing venture, nothing have’. 1885 Cent. Mag. 29 186 ‘Nothing venture, nothing have,’ Betty replied saucily. < as lemmas |
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