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单词 to have everything
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to have everything
P2. colloquial. to have everything: to possess every kind of attraction, advantage, requirement, etc. In early use probably without the mildly ironic flavour which the phrase now usually has (esp. in the man who has everything).
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [verb (intransitive)]
to be P and Q1612
to have everything1748
to hit the high spots1891
to be mustard1925
to be a box of birds1939
1748 E. Moore Foundling i. i. 4 She has Wit without Pertness, Beauty without Consciousness, Pride without Insolence, and Desire without Wantonness—In short, she has every Thing.
1779 tr. J. W. von Goethe Sorrows of Werter II. lxxi. 91 ‘Oh! she has every thing,’ he answered, ‘she is very rich.’
1845 Duke of Wellington Let. 25 Feb. (1890) 141 I was very sensible of your kind offer of Assistance—But he had everything.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. x. 151 Mas'r George, you has everything,—l'arnin', privileges, readin', writin'.
1921 R. Macaulay Dangerous Ages v. 95 She was to tell stories of Nan, who had everything.
1928 T. Wolfe Let. 21 May (1956) 135 I've got a new book in mind... I don't see how this one can fail—it has everything: rich people, swank, a poor but beautiful girl, romance, adventure, [etc.].
1969 New Yorker 20 Dec. 70/2 The latest expensive, worthless gift for the person who has everything.
2012 J. Brody 52 Reasons to hate my Father 27 Started out with nothing and now he has everything. It's the classic rags-to-riches, American-dream story.
extracted from everythingpron.n.adj.
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