单词 | to come to good |
释义 | > as lemmasto come to good (a) to come to good: to come to fruition; to turn out successfully or well; to achieve success. Cf. to turn to good at Phrases 2g, to come to —— 5a at come v. Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [verb (intransitive)] > of a dream: come true to come to goodOE the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > yield good produce or result [verb (intransitive)] to come to good1623 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) iii. 44 Gif man forbærned sy genime fifleafan þa wyrt, bere on him, ðonne cweþað cræftige men þæt him ð[æt] to gode cume [L. herbam quinquefolium portatam prodesse]. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 9 (MED) Hu scolde oðermonnes goddede comen him to gode þe nefre..nanes godes ne rohte? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5070 Al was for i tald a drem þat cummen es now to godd, i tem. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark. iiij. f. xxxiiij The sede is sprongen into grasse, whiche by ye grenenes of innocencie, puttethe euery manne in a ioyefull hope that it wyll proue well, and come to good. 1623 W. Balcanquhall Serm. St. Maries Spittle 98 The seede that came to no good in the thirteenth of Matthew. 1671 J. Sharp Midwives Bk. vi. v. 368 But when children suck so over-long, as three or four years, I seldome hear of any of them that ever come to good. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. iv. 158 I Never knew any of these forward Sluts come to good. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 708/1 The marriages of English people with foreigners seldom come to good. 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 731/2 The scheme..could not..have come to good. 1907 F. P. Stearns Life & Public Service G. L. Stearns ii. 34 He had several sons..who never came to good. 1930 J. Ord Bothy Songs & Ballads 383 Yestreen I was the beggar's bride, This nicht I will lie by his side; I've come to good by my misguide, I'm now the young Knight's lady. 1996 M. Drabble Witch of Exmoor 179 Gogo, hearing this news, was struck with a chill of fear. It could not, nor it would not come to good. < as lemmas |
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