| 单词 | not to be long for this world |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to be long for this world e. not to be long for this world and variants: to have only a short time to live. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] > be dying to have one foot in the (also his, etc.) grave?1483 to draw on1484 to gasp up the ghost1577 gore1577 to turn one's face to the wall1579 to gasp one's last1603 groan1642 not to be long for this world1665 strugglea1674 to falter forth or out1814 to sprawl one's last1837 the world > life > death > [phrase] > have a short time to live not to be long for this world1665 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 35 I am not a man long for this world. a1691 G. Disney Some Remarkable Passages (1692) 14 He did not believe he was long for this World. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xlv. 277 She is not long for this world. 1797 Monthly Visitor Apr. 308 I am growing weak—I do not think that I am long for this world. 1822 Ld. Byron Let. 23 Sept. (1979) IX. 213 If it is—I can not be long for this world. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxv. 239 She fairly told Pen one day..that she felt herself breaking, and not long for this world. 1933 J. Masefield Bird of Dawning 43 He was shocked by the roaring wash of the water coming into the after hold. ‘She's not long for this world,’ he muttered. 1968 L. Goodman Sun Signs (1970) 193 These people either radiate incredible vitality or else complain that they're not long for this world. 2000 P. McGrath Martha Peake (2002) i. 4 As he turned toward the door I saw at once that he could not be long for this world, so frail did he appear. < as lemmas |
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