英语词汇“to be a fool for one's pains”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to be a fool for one's pains

d. to be a fool for one's pains: to go to great trouble over something without receiving any commensurate reward; to waste one’s time. Now rare.

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1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 349 If he keeps but one [horse], and over feeds it to shew his Wealth he is a Fool for his Pains.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 77 I will give you—though I'm a fool for my pains—however, I will give you one squeak more for your inheritance.

1936 E. Everett-Green in Cromwell Argus (Otago, N.Z.) 6 Apr. 2/4 Perhaps I am an old fool for my pains.

extracted from fooln.¹adj.

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单词	to be a fool for one's pains
释义	> as lemmas to be a fool for one's pains d. to be a fool for one's pains: to go to great trouble over something without receiving any commensurate reward; to waste one’s time. Now rare. ΚΠ 1723 B. Mandeville Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 349 If he keeps but one [horse], and over feeds it to shew his Wealth he is a Fool for his Pains. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xvi. 77 I will give you—though I'm a fool for my pains—however, I will give you one squeak more for your inheritance. 1936 E. Everett-Green in Cromwell Argus (Otago, N.Z.) 6 Apr. 2/4 Perhaps I am an old fool for my pains. extracted from fooln.¹adj. < as lemmas
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