英语词汇“the world owes one a living”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. the world owes one a living (and variants): one is entitled to be well supported or provided for either on account of one's merits or simply because one exists. Chiefly in negative contexts, or with explicit indication that belief in such entitlement is lazy, naive, etc.

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1850 R. M'Sherry El Puchero xxxvi. 160 The multitude of beggars..seem to understand that the world owes them a living, which they are determined to have.

1854 Ladies' Repository May 238/2 That the ‘world owes every one a living’ is an impudent and mischievous fiction.

1867 S. Lanier Tiger-lilies ii. xii. 199 The drones, the kind who swear that the world owes them a living, but who are too lazy to collect the debt.

1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. vii. 55 He had forgot that the world does n't owe rattlers a living.

1976 Listener 8 Apr. 426/1 No one owes us a living; we cannot beat unemployment unless we beat inflation.

1992 Making Music May 11/2 The music business doesn't owe anyone a living.

单词	the world owes one a living
释义	> as lemmas the world owes one a living P3. the world owes one a living (and variants): one is entitled to be well supported or provided for either on account of one's merits or simply because one exists. Chiefly in negative contexts, or with explicit indication that belief in such entitlement is lazy, naive, etc. ΚΠ 1850 R. M'Sherry El Puchero xxxvi. 160 The multitude of beggars..seem to understand that the world owes them a living, which they are determined to have. 1854 Ladies' Repository May 238/2 That the ‘world owes every one a living’ is an impudent and mischievous fiction. 1867 S. Lanier Tiger-lilies ii. xii. 199 The drones, the kind who swear that the world owes them a living, but who are too lazy to collect the debt. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. vii. 55 He had forgot that the world does n't owe rattlers a living. 1976 Listener 8 Apr. 426/1 No one owes us a living; we cannot beat unemployment unless we beat inflation. 1992 Making Music May 11/2 The music business doesn't owe anyone a living. extracted from owev. < as lemmas
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