| 单词 | the devil take the hindmost |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe devil (Satan, hell) take the hindmost b. Proverbial phrase, the devil (Satan, hell) take the hindmost. ΚΠ 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 58 They run all away, and cry, the diuell take the hindmost. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 120 Each man swore to doe his best..And bid the Devil take the hinmost. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 44 So take the hindmost Hell.—He said, and run. 1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 712 If Satan take the hindmost, who'd be last? 1890 Spectator 13 Sept. 331/1 A good example of the devil-take-the-hindmost attitude. < as lemmas |
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