单词 | once and away |
释义 | > as lemmasonce and away ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > on one occasion > once only onceOE oncec1400 and away1562 once and away1574 for once and all1791–3 once in a lifetime1838 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job xc. 422/1 Our Lord..is not contented to haue spoken once and away, but putteth vs often in remembrance of the things that we haue once heard. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie i. 3 Not..for once and away, but wee haue our eares beaten with it euery day. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 40 This was one of his once-and-away Entertainments, with which he said a Man might sometimes gratify himself; a Person that is very brisk and airy, can scarce settle close to Business, until he hath an Excursion or two. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. ix. 52 It is not enough to harrow once and away. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 143 These great men use one's house and their time as if they were their own property. Well, it's once and away. 1841 Edinb. Rev. 74 110 Fretting at corruptions, yet once and away helping to patch up one himself. 1885 J. Payn Luck of Darrells vi When a man has just once and away made up his mind to self-sacrifice. < as lemmas |
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