| 单词 | seven years' bad luck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseven years' bad luck seven years' bad luck n. (also seven years' ill luck) a period of bad luck superstitiously believed to be the consequence of breaking a mirror or (occasionally) of another action or incident. ΚΠ 1813 Scourge July 461 Poor Caroline Cleopatra Constantia had had the misfortune to break a looking glass, which foreboded seven years ill-luck. 1882 Northwestern Miller 6 Jan. 485/3 Seven years' bad luck to smash a looking glass, you know. 1941 Pop. Sci. Jan. 120/2 (caption) Nobody can get seven years' bad luck by breaking the mirror below. It is made of sheet steel. 1983 J. Y. Glimm Flatlanders & Ridgerunners 151 If you kill kittens, you'll have seven years' bad luck. 2014 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Features section) 2 We should risk seven years bad luck and break all the mirrors in the house. < as lemmas |
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