单词 | the more the merrier |
释义 | > as lemmasthe more (also mo) the merrier b. the more (also mo) the merrier: the more people or things there are, the better an occasion or situation will be. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 850 Among vus commez no[u]þer strot ne stryf..Þe mo þe myryer. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Iiii Haue among you blynde harpers (sayd I.) The mo the merier. a1575 G. Gascoigne Flowers in Posies 30 And mo the merrier is a Prouerbe eke. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre i. vi. 15 in Wks. II I, and Salomon too, Win, (the more the merrier) Win, we'll leaue Rabby Busy in a Booth. 1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. 64 Meay the merryer, but fewer better Fair. 1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. ii.56 Lady Sm... Come, the more, the merrier. Sir John. Ay; but the fewer the better Cheer. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. iii. 38 The more the merrier say I, and I thought it would be more comfortable for them to be together. View more context for this quotation 1875 A. Trollope Way we live Now I. xxxiii. 208 The more the merrier. Ruby'll have enough for the two o' you, I'll go bail. a1917 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick (1927) 14 The mae the merrier. 1922 E. O'Neill Hairy Ape (1923) v. 47 De more de merrier when I gits started. 1974 ‘D. Fletcher’ Lovable Man ii. 120 I moved over to features. More the merrier. I'm free-lance now. < as lemmas |
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