| 单词 | not worth an hour's purchase |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot worth an hour's (a day's, etc.) purchase b. figurative. not worth an hour's (a day's, etc.) purchaseand variants: not likely to last the specified length of time. Now rare. ΚΠ 1680 T. Shadwell Woman-captain v. 57 What is become now of my Employment? 'tis not worth above six hours purchase. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse iv. ii. 74 I don't think your Life's worth a quarter of an Hours Purchase. 1763 C. Churchill Conference 17 Life we might all resign to lawless Pow'r, Nor think it worth the purchase of an hour. 1796 Brief Enq. Causes & Conduct Colonial Govt. 121 In a climate of late years so deadly noxious..that life..is scarce worth one year's purchase. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. x. 161 The doctors say that, with his short neck, his life is not worth two years' purchase. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 246 The life of General Walpole would not have been worth half an hour's purchase. 1932 Times 19 Oct. 16/1 This is our life preserver; without it our lives would not be worth an hour's purchase. 1946 J. Morgan Assize of Arms i. ii. 53 If an exemplary fine was not inflicted, the lives of the officers..would not be worth an hour's purchase. < as lemmas |
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