英语词汇“to earn one's corn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P1. British colloquial. to earn one's corn: (originally of a horse) to do enough work to justify the cost of food; (hence) figurative (of a person) to work hard for payment, to demonstrate that one's salary is deserved, to earn one's keep; (of a commodity, purchase, etc.) to bring in enough money to cover costs or be self-supporting, to pay its way.

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1834 York Herald 10 May If ever anything on four legs did more to earn his corn, I know nothing of horseflesh.

1891 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 650/2 His..couple of ponies who will earn their corn as hacks or harness ponies in the winter.

1921 W. A. Appleton What we want & where we Are (1922) xii. 151 The vast majority of them are really decent fellows, who prefer to earn their corn. They hate anything in the shape of pauperism.

1965 Times 10 Dec. 19/2 Shelton [sc. an iron and steel works] is still not earning its corn.

1992 Glasgow Herald 16 Nov. (Sport Suppl.) 2/2 Wade Dooley and Martin Bayfield began to earn their corn.

2014 Scotsman (Nexis) 5 June 45 Howie admits lifting her distraught and tearful charges after the semi-final defeat was the moment she really earned her corn.

单词	to earn one's corn
释义	> as lemmas to earn one's corn P1. British colloquial. to earn one's corn: (originally of a horse) to do enough work to justify the cost of food; (hence) figurative (of a person) to work hard for payment, to demonstrate that one's salary is deserved, to earn one's keep; (of a commodity, purchase, etc.) to bring in enough money to cover costs or be self-supporting, to pay its way. ΚΠ 1834 York Herald 10 May If ever anything on four legs did more to earn his corn, I know nothing of horseflesh. 1891 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 650/2 His..couple of ponies who will earn their corn as hacks or harness ponies in the winter. 1921 W. A. Appleton What we want & where we Are (1922) xii. 151 The vast majority of them are really decent fellows, who prefer to earn their corn. They hate anything in the shape of pauperism. 1965 Times 10 Dec. 19/2 Shelton [sc. an iron and steel works] is still not earning its corn. 1992 Glasgow Herald 16 Nov. (Sport Suppl.) 2/2 Wade Dooley and Martin Bayfield began to earn their corn. 2014 Scotsman (Nexis) 5 June 45 Howie admits lifting her distraught and tearful charges after the semi-final defeat was the moment she really earned her corn. extracted from earnv.¹ < as lemmas
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