| 单词 | the bird has flown |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe bird has flown a. the bird has flown and variants: the person one is looking for has fled or departed. Also: the opportunity has passed. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 6214 The bridd is flowe and he was let, The faire Maide him hath escaped. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xii. sig. F But warnyng to departe thens they nedyd none. For er the next day the byrds were flowne eche one. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 93 Man..knowes not his time..He comes when the bird is flowen. 1839 Boston Weekly Mag. 26 Jan. 161/3 What, still in chase of the capricious fair one! You are too late, the bird is flown. 1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe (1976) v. 181 There was the whisky bottle and a crust beside it and a few hot embers on the hearth. But the bird had flown. 2007 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Apr. (Sport section) 33 By the time Beasley had decided to cut loose, ‘the race is gone and the bird is flown.’ < as lemmas |
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