单词 | to fall in a person's path |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall in a person's path (also road, etc.) h. to fall in a person's path (also road, etc.) and variants: to be met with in the course of a person's experience. Earliest in to fall in one's way at way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 2e(e)(i). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > fall to one tide955 comeOE fallc1225 reboundc1425 redound1460 recoil1577 to fall in a person's path (also road, etc.)1605 sort1622 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §44 As for riches, if they fall in my way, I refuse them not. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 62 A..deliberate connexing of Consequents, which falls not in the common road of ordinary men. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VII. viii. 29 I never chaff, but take the good and the bad as they fall in my road. 1836 Gift 38 It seemed to be nonsense to fight shy now that it [sc. a bit of good luck] fell in my track. 1856 Ladies' Repository Aug. 498/2 Count the mercies which have been quietly falling into your path. 1936 Washington Post 15 Nov. 16/3 You must take love as it comes. It will fall in your path like a ripe fruit. 2016 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 14 Sept. 12 I am lucky I could experience..every opportunity that fell into my path. < as lemmas |
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