单词 | the worse deal |
释义 | > as lemmasthe worse deal b. In phrases indicating loss or defeat, as † the worse deal (deal n.1 2a), the worse end (now only with of), † the worse part, † the worse side. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > loss or defeat [phrase] the worse dealOE the worse enda1387 the worse parta1400 the worse sidea1500 OE Crist III 1225 Ond þær womsceaþan on þone wyrsan dæl fore scyppende scyrede weorþað. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 29 [c1410 BL Add. Þat ȝere men of þat side] schal haue the worse ende and be ouercome. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21466 Þan said þat juu, ‘bi sant drightin Mi thinc þe wers part es mine’. a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 3537 Yf he falle on þe warse syde. 1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Div Then shall I shewe such a thyng in this purs As shortly shall shewe herein your parte the wurs. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iii. sig. Gv Who had the wors ende of the staffe (quoth I now?). 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God viii. viii. 310 They that tooke the bodies part had the worse side, the soule had the better. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccc. 262 He that Bought the Skin ran a Greater Risque then T'other that Sold it; and had the Worse End of the Staff. 1864 J. A. Griner Let. 29 Oct. in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1963) 87 57 I think the Rebs got a great deal the worse end of the bargain. 1989 Béaloideas 57 94 The devil gets the worse end of the bargain. < as lemmas |
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