单词 | to fall on hard times |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall on (also upon) hard times c. intransitive. With on, upon, †into. Originally: (of a nation, society, etc.) to enter into an age or era of the specified (esp. turbulent or unfavourable) nature; (of a person) to be born into such an age or era. Now usually: to begin to experience a period of time of the specified (esp. adverse) nature; esp. in to fall on (also upon) hard times. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > happen in a period of specific character fall1550 1550 J. Hooper Godly Confession sig. E.ivv Now are we fallen into the last time & end of the world. 1571 E. Grant tr. Plutarch President for Parentes sig. E.vii Carolus the fifth, August, & Ferdinandus Cæsar (which fell into such turbulent times, wherin the great confusion of the monarchie inuaded al orders as wel ciuil as spiritual). 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 370 Ye are now falne into a time, wherein there is much opposition to Christ. 1659 D. Stokes Paraphrasticall Explic. Prophets 333 Wo is me, that I am fallen upon so unhappy an age, wherein there are few or none to be seen, that love and fear God! 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 146. 113 He has written with too little indulgence to the understanding of common readers: he has fallen upon an age in which false taste universally prevails. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. vi. ii. 13 The degenerate days on which he had fallen. 1869 Public Opinion 10 July 33/2 The subscription remains unpaid,..because the volunteer has fallen upon hard times. 1888 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. 2nd Ser. iii. 91 Gray, a born poet, fell upon an age of prose. 1966 E. E. Morison Men, Machines & Mod. Times ii. 44 We seem to have fallen on times similar to theirs, when many of the existing forms and schemes have lost meaning in the face of dramatically altering circumstances. 1971 B. Biermann Red Wine 146 In the hands of strangers the buildings fell on evil days. 2011 Daily Tel. 12 July 29/7 His church, assuming he had fallen on hard times, organised a whip-round to buy him a new jumper. < as lemmas |
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