单词 | to fall behindhand |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall behindhand to fall behindhand Now rare. extracted from fallv. intransitive. To fall behind; esp. to fall into arrears. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 543/2 He is fallen behynde the hande, within this thre yere. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 96 Yt they are not able, or that they are fallen behind hand, or yt they are not somuch worth now by a great sum as they haue bene. 1641 W. Prynne Antipathie 269 A solemne complaint was framed against this Bishop for..falsely imbezelling the Kings Treasure; for that otherwise it was impossible the King should be fallen so farre behind hand. a1677 T. Manton Sermons (1684) II. i. i. xxiii. 187 If a Man fall behind hand in the World, his Friends look askew upon him. 1788 H. Macneill Observ. Treatm. Negroes Jamaica 4 A proprietor of a large sugar work having fallen behind hand, the Negroes on his estate collected among themselves 300l. 1834 H. J. Nott Novellettes of Traveller II. 163 A small farmer..had, from a series of misfortunes, fallen behindhand. 1855 G. D. Bayard Let. 27 Nov. in S. J. Bayard Life G. D. Bayard (1874) vi. 80 I am gradually falling behindhand in my studies, especially logic. 1931 Times 28 Dec. 16/2 Interest payments, which at one time fell behindhand, have since October, 1929, been paid at due dates. 2013 S. Spencer tr. M. Geck R. Schumann vii. 143 Schumann had fallen behindhand with his plans to complete Paradise and the Peri. < as lemmas |
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