| 单词 | one of these odd-come-shortlies |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone of these odd-come-shortlies Used to denote an unspecified time in the near future. Usually in one of these odd-come-shortlies (also some odd-come-shortly): one of these days; some day shortly. Cf. odd-come-short n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [noun] > one day in the future odd-come-shortly1738 some fine day1762 odd-come-short1832 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 12 Miss, When will you be married? Miss. One of these Odd-come-shortly's, Colonel. 1821 W. Scott Let. 15 Feb. (1934) VI. 355 I will write her a long letter one of these odd-come-shortlys. 1879 A. Trollope John Caldigate (1993) lviii. 558 He had determined that some ‘odd-come-shortly’, as he would call it, he would give the vicar of Plum-cum-Pippins a moral pat on the head. 2002 dolphins_mind.chat.ru 1 July (O.E.D. Archive) You'll find one of these odd-come-shortlies That he's through thick-and-thin. < as lemmas |
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