单词 | the night is young |
释义 | > as lemmasthe night is young b. the night is young: it is still early (in the evening). Cf. young adj. 6d. ΚΠ 1631 T. May Antigone iii. sig. C3v My feares haue brought me early to this place. The night is young; No watches yet are set. 1767 H. Hartson Countess of Salisbury iv. 58 The night is over young; The castle's yet awake, and wou'd but mock The attempt. 1858 J. Pilgrim Eveleen Wilson ii. iv. 20 The night is young; we will instantly to Dublin, and enlist the Pie-corner boys. 1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster xi They..left the table when the night was yet young, and the bottle just beginning. 1905 E. Wallace Four Just Men viii. 153 The night being comparatively young, Billy decided to work the trams. 1978 A. Maupin Tales of City 277 I've got a brand new lid, and the night is young. Will you join me? 1995 C. Higson Full Whack (1996) iv. 25 The crystal moment. When the drinks are starting to kick in and the night is young. < as lemmas |
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