单词 | to fall to the ground |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall to the ground d. to fall to the ground and variants: to come to nothing; esp. (of an argument, theory, etc.) to be shown to be false or invalid; (of a plan or project) to be unsuccessful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing forworthc1000 folda1250 quailc1450 fruster?a1513 to come to nothing1523 to give out?1523 to fall to the ground?1526 quealc1530 to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604 intercide1637 to fall to dirt1670 to go off1740 to fall through1770 to fall apart1833 collapse1838 to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872 to blow up1934 to blow out1939 ?1526 J. Fisher Serm. conc. Heretickes sig. D.iijv By this collection all the heresies of Luther at ones falle vnto the grounde. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 237 Suffering that name to fall to ground. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. xi. 179 The natural Power of Kings falls to the ground. 1745 J. Wesley Let. 2 Feb. (1931) II. 175 I am..fully persuaded that, could we once agree in doctrines, other differences would soon fall to the ground. 1795 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 126 The injurious epithets..being proofless, fell to the ground. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 15 51/1 Falsehood is sure to fall to the ground ultimately. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 516 The proposition fell to the ground. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxxiv. 346 His great hopes fell to the ground. 1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit i. 17 Your analogy falls to the ground. 1999 M. Billig Freudian Repression vii. 184 Any project to reinterpret Freudian ideas in terms of language must fall to the ground if it cannot deal with the issue of unconscious emotions. < as lemmas |
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