单词 | rome was not built in a day |
释义 | > as lemmasRome was not built in a day b. Rome was not built in a day: a complex task or great achievement is bound to take a long time and should not be rushed. [Compare German Rom wurde nicht in einem Tag erbaut (and variants) (from 16th cent.). The source translated in quot. 1545 does not have a corresponding Latin proverb.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [phrase] > without haste > proverbs festina lente1537 Rome was not built in a day1545 to make haste slowly1565 to hasten slowly1623 steady as she goes1971 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) sig. Div Ye may use this prouerbe when ye wol signifie that one daye..is not ynoughe for..acheuinge..a great matter..Rome was not buylt in one day. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. sig. Div Rome was not bylt on a daie (quoth he) & yet stood Tyll it was fynysht, as some saie, full fayre. 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists xxv. 63 But Rome was not built all in a day. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxix. 375 Rome was not built in a day, nor is a Reformation in the true Law-sense effectable presently. 1776 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 202 But Rome was not built in a day. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. x. 237 Rome was not built in a day—you cannot become used to your court-suit in a month's time. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 123 ‘As Rome’, it was suggested, ‘had not been built in a day, so neither had Mademoiselle Gérard Moore's education been completed in a week.’ 1901 S. Lane-Poole Sir H. Parkes xvii. 316 The Japanese..went too fast and fell into grave commercial, monetary, and administrative troubles. Neither Rome nor New Japan could be built in a day. 1950 T. Williams Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone i. 34 Patience, said the Contessa. Rome was not built in a day! 2001 S. Brett Death on Downs (2002) iii. 22 Less than a month since we moved in. Rome wasn't built in a day, eh? < as lemmas |
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