| 单词 | the game is not worth the candle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe game (play, etc.) is not worth the candle P6. the game (play, etc.) is not worth the candle: i.e. not worth the mere cost of supplying the necessary light (cf. 1550 at Phrases 3); not worth the labour expended.Of French origin: cf. Cotgrave at Chandelle ‘Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, it will not quit cost’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be of no importance [phrase] forcec1330 no wardc1330 no strength1340 no forcec1369 no mattera1466 what force?a1513 no skill1575 what matter?1678 the game (play, etc.) is not worth the candlea1699 nix my dolly1795 what the hell1872 a1699 W. Temple Ess. Health & Long Life in Miscellanea: 3rd Pt. (1701) 119 Perhaps the Play is not worth the Candle. 1712 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed: 3rd Pt. vi. 160 After all, these discoveries are not worth the Candle. 1874 P. Bayne in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 706 The game would not be worth the candle. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts xviii The game didn't seem worth the candle. < as lemmas |
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