| 单词 | to go from zero to hero |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go from zero to hero P1. Originally U.S. to go from zero to hero and variants: to experience a sudden increase in popularity or success, esp. having previously been in a position of low achievement or esteem. Cf. to go from hero to zero at hero n. Phrases 4.A similar rhyme, with the same sense of zero, is found in quot. a1715 at sense A. 2. ΚΠ 1893 F. E. Willard Addr. 2nd Biennial Convent. World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union 5 The graduations are as clearly marked by which he ascends from zero to hero, as the lines of latitude from the North Pole to the Equator. 1938 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 26 Feb. 18/5 (advt.) Leave it up to this up-and-at-'em Yankee to triumph over trouble..rise from zero to hero..and win a lovely lady's heart! 1985 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 28 July (Stars Mag.) 3/2 Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith portray two youths who go from zeroes to heroes in a single weekend—thanks to some help from the supernatural. 2011 Times 23 July 30/2 He has gone from zero to hero in his party during the phone-hacking scandal. < as lemmas |
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