单词 | to have the worst |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (also get) the worst (a) to have (also get) the worst: (originally) to be defeated in a conflict, contest, etc.; (later also) to be in the most disadvantageous position, to suffer the most. Also (and now only) in to have (also get) the worst of (a conflict, situation, etc.), esp. in to have (also get) the worst of it.Cf. to have the worse at worse adj. and n. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] to have (also get) the worsec1275 leesec1300 to lick the dust, the earth1382 to get (also have) the waura1393 to go downa1400 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to have the worsta1470 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go by the worse (also worst)1528 to have the overthrow1536 lose1548 tine1681 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 37 Bloyse wrote the batayle worde by worde..how hit began and by whom, and in lyke wyse how hit was ended and who had the worst. 1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio lxii. f. 120v Duryng whych sommer P. Sempronius the consull in Italy fought with Anniball: where the Romayns had the worst, and loste .xii. C. of theyr men. 1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 39 You haue had the worst of it, for..you haue been put to double paynes. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria ii. v, in Terence in Eng. 43 Nostræ parti timeo. I feare our side will haue the worst. 1621 J. Martyn New Epigrams li. sig. C3v The Country lad..sent his blowes so fast, The Souldier had the worst. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 91 Who..had (without this succour) for all his valour gotten the worst of the day. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 300 There happen'd a fray betwixt the Souldiers..and the Halberdiers.., the last of which had the worst of it. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 179 The King of the Bulgarii made a troublesom, uncertain War upon the Empire, which sometimes had the better, oftentimes the worst. 1747 S. Fielding Familiar Lett. David Simple I. xvi. 311 I always get the worst of it; for, as I feel much more for him than he does for me, he is cool; whilst I am upon the rack. 1823 J. Badcock Slang 202 ‘Catch cold (to) at a thing’—to have the worst of betting, of a bargain, or contest. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlvi. 411 George..bragged..about his valour in the fight,..in which he decidedly had the worst. 1935 Observer 15 Dec. 13/3 The Auguste is the man with the battered bowler hat, his jacket on back to front..who always gets the worst of it. 1961 N. Roy Black Albino (1989) vi. 172 His dog was getting the worst of the fight. 2015 Independent (Nexis) 26 Oct. 30 Parents who interfere in their children's lives invariably end up getting the worst of it. < as lemmas |
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