单词 | to make a good thing of |
释义 | > as lemmasto make a good thing of (also out of) P11. to make a good thing of (also out of): to turn to profit, make gain out of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of > turn to account lucrify1564 improve1604 to turn to account1679 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1707 avail1785 to make a good thing of (also out of)1800 utilize1807 exploiter1818 to make capital out of1840 capitalize1869 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > be profitable to > make profit by to make money1457 to make a (good, etc.) penny of, by, from1464 to make chevisance of1535 to make a (also one's) hand(s)1538 to make a good thing of (also out of)1800 1800 C. Dibdin Compl. Hist. Eng. Stage II. iv. x. 381 These vigilant ministers of justice, fancying they should make a good thing of this discovery, paid his reckoning and conveyed him to London. 1813 F. Hamilton in Jrnl. Surv. Shahabad 20 Jan. (1926) 129 The Pujaris who are making a good thing of the ghost have lately been disturbed by a..young Brahman. a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III vi, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 245/2 I have found the way To make a better thing of metre Than e'er was made. 1873 Greenwood in St. Paul's Mag. 12 657 These dealers in ragged merchandize make a good thing of it. 1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle x You are making a good thing for us out of tramping the ‘Parakeet’. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse III. viii. lvii. 920 One A. Taylor, the son of a baker, who peddles hot buns to the chairs and has made a good thing of it. 1967 ‘O. Mills’ Death enters Lists v. 47 Someone's making a good thing out of the contracts, believe you me. 2001 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 19 Aug. (Sport section) 77 The Aussies came into yesterday's meeting with an unassailable lead. They made a good thing of it, with Brett Scott winning the steeplechase on favourite Camargo. < as lemmas |
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