| 单词 | to make a balk of good ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a balk of good ground b. Hence figurative, esp. in to make a balk of good ground: to waste or throw away a good chance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > fail to take advantage to burn seasonable weather1597 to miss of ——a1628 to make a balk of good ground1637 1637 W. Camden Remaines (ed. 5) 302 Make hay while sunne shines. Make not a balke of good ground. 1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 30 The rich Corinthians in not inviting the poore, made Balkes of good ground. a1652 R. Brome New Acad. iii. i. 50 in Five New Playes (1659) Your plow makes vile baulkes of my money. 1857 H. G. Bohn Handbk. Prov. 69 Make not balks of good ground. < as lemmas |
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