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单词 to have the wind in one's face
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to have the wind in one's face
e. to have the wind in one's face (and variants): to encounter resistance or opposition from, or as though from, a head wind. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)]
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pinea1225
steada1300
endure1340
to well in woea1350
labourc1450
concernc1592
to have a good (bad, etc.) time (of it, formerly on it)1647
to have the wind in one's face1649
to be on (also at) the receiving end1909
to feel the draught1925
to have (one's) ass in a sling1960
to be in lumber1965
1649 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) iv. v. 684 He goes heaviest that hath the wind in his face.
1710 Brit. Apollo 3 3/1 When th' Wind's in your Face, Your Wit grows apace.
a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 17 People ply their business with skill and industry, but the wind turns in their face.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) v. 321 Every where insulting and menacing the Loyalists.., and the latter had the wind in their faces.
1894 N.E.D. (at cited word) A horse runs well with the wind in his face.
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