| 单词 | to fall on one's legs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall on (also †upon) one's legs ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > have good fortune light?c1225 urec1440 to fall on (also upon) one's feet1574 to fall on (also upon) one's legs1723 to strike it rich1834 to strike oil1860 to luck out1902 to hit the jackpot1910 to bottom on (also upon) gold1926 to strike lucky1951 to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt1953 to land on one's feet1958 1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 26. 227 Private Men oftentimes fall on their Legs, and find Friends to relieve, or at least to commiserate them. 1768 J. Bentham Let. 30 Aug. in Corr. (1968) I. 133 I have also met with a College acquaintance. Throw me any where, you see, I can fall upon my Legs as well without as with you. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning II. ii. iii. 121 A man who has plenty of brains generally falls on his legs. 1886 L. M. Alcott Jo's Boys iv. 80 Don't fret, old dear; Emil is one of the happy-go-lucky sort who always fall on their legs. 1902 P. H. Fitzgerald Recoll. Dublin Castle & Dublin Society 188 Oh, my boy, he's fallen on his legs as usual; gone and married an heiress. 1910 Irish Homestead 24 Dec. 1066 Our exiles generally fall on their legs. < as lemmas |
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