单词 | to give a hundred per cent |
释义 | > as lemmasto give a hundred (also hundred and ten, etc.) per cent to give a hundred (also hundred and ten, etc.) per cent and variants: to commit oneself totally to something; to try one's hardest, do one's utmost; to make an extra effort. Cf. hundred n. and adj. 2c. ΚΠ 1943 J. K. Folsom Family & Democratic Society xiii. 455 The only way to make a happy marriage is not to demand a fifty-fifty basis but for each partner to be willing to give a hundred per cent! 1969 New Yorker 14 June 72/3 Go out there and and work your tail off. Don't wake up tomorrow morning regretting that you didn't give a hundred per cent. 1983 J. Hennessy Torvill & Dean 72 There was no question of negative thinking and we had no intention of giving less than 101 per cent on the night. 1992 Independent 21 Sept. 7/2 We need to buy paper and films and if you are constantly strapped for cash it is very difficult to give the course that 110 per cent. 2001 Sun 27 Jan. 80/5 I want to thank the fans for their support since I came to West Ham and for them to know that every time I pull on a Hammers shirt I try to give 200 per cent. < as lemmas |
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