| 单词 | to come to grief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come to grief a. to come to grief: to meet with disaster; (Sport) to have a fall; to fail, prove abortive; so to bring to grief. Chiefly colloquial; somewhat rare in dignified use. Also good (also great) grief!, an exclamation indicating surprise, alarm, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > come to grief misfareOE miswendOE misferec1275 misspeeda1387 miscarryc1387 mischieve?a1400 to catch copper1530 to lose one's seatc1540 mischief1598 to bu(r)st one's boiler1824 to come to grief1850 to come (also go) a mucker1851 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 mucker1862 to go or be up the flume1865 to come undone1899 to play smash1903 to come to a sticky end1904 to come unstuck1911 the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > have befallen as a misfortune to [verb (transitive)] > bring disaster upon doa1375 pluckc1475 ruin1558 tragedize1593 disaster1596 planet-strike1600 to bring to grief1850 to do in1905 to wreak havoc1926 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] whatOE well, wellOE avoyc1300 ouc1300 ay1340 lorda1393 ahaa1400 hillaa1400 whannowc1450 wow1513 why?1520 heydaya1529 ah1538 ah me!a1547 fore me!a1547 o me!a1547 what the (also a) goodyear1570 precious coals1576 Lord have mercy (on us)1581 good heavens1588 whau1589 coads1590 ay me!1591 my stars!a1593 Gods me1595 law1598 Godso1600 to go out1600 coads-nigs1608 for mercy!a1616 good stars!1615 mercy on us (also me, etc.)!a1616 gramercy1617 goodness1623 what next?1662 mon Dieu1665 heugh1668 criminy1681 Lawd1696 the dickens1697 (God, etc.) bless my heart1704 alackaday1705 (for) mercy's sake!1707 my1707 deuce1710 gracious1712 goodly and gracious1713 my word1722 my stars and garters!1758 lawka1774 losha1779 Lord bless me (also you, us, etc.)1784 great guns!1795 mein Gott1795 Dear me!1805 fancy1813 well, I'm sure!1815 massy1817 Dear, dear!1818 to get off1818 laws1824 Mamma mia1824 by crikey1826 wisha1826 alleleu1829 crackey1830 Madonna mia1830 indeed1834 to go on1835 snakes1839 Jerusalem1840 sapristi1840 oh my days1841 tear and ages1841 what (why, etc.) in time?1844 sakes alive!1846 gee willikers1847 to get away1847 well, to be sure!1847 gee1851 Great Scott1852 holy mackerel!1855 doggone1857 lawsy1868 my wig(s)!1871 gee whiz1872 crimes1874 yoicks1881 Christmas1882 hully gee1895 'ullo1895 my hat!1899 good (also great) grief!1900 strike me pink!1902 oo-er1909 what do you know?1909 cripes1910 coo1911 zowiec1913 can you tie that?1918 hot diggety1924 yeow1924 ziggety1924 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 hullo1931 tiens1932 whammo1932 po po po1936 how about that?1939 hallo1942 brother1945 tie that!1948 surprise1953 wowee1963 yikes1971 never1974 to sod off1976 whee1978 mercy1986 yipes1989 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxxvii. 364 I knew that your father had come to—to grief. You don't think it was—it was for your connexion I married you? 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. x. 107 We drove on to the Downs, and we were nearly coming to grief. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. iii. 104 As for coming to grief,..we're on a good errand..and the devil himself can't harm us. 1862 T. Shorter in Weldon's Reg. Aug. 4 A People's College..was founded at Nottingham, but speedily came to grief. 1873 Punch 25 Jan. 41/1 The third Empire..brought France to grief. 1883 W. Black Shandon Bells xxvii He pointed out where the coal-smack had come to grief. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 139 His logic came to grief. 1900 in Eng. Dial. Dict. Good grief. 1924 Dial. Notes 5 268 Great grief. 1937 R. Chandler Killer in Rain (1964) 227 ‘Good grief,’ De Spain said. ‘He's up there right now.’ 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) 180 ‘Do I ask your father for his daughter's hand?’ ‘Good grief no.’ 1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xvii. 226 ‘Wonder if he expected this?’ said the policeman grimly. And he called Crook at his home address. ‘Good grief!’ said Crook, when he heard. 1959 N. Marsh False Scent (1960) iv. 100 Great grief, I'd forgotten that gang! < as lemmas |
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