| 单词 | to let the world wag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto let the world wag (as it will) c. In proverbial phrases with ‘the world’ as subject. how the world wags: how affairs are going. to let the world wag (as it will): to regard the course of events with unconcern. (For other expressions analogous to these, see the quots.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)] to put in no chaloir1477 not to care1490 to let the world wag (as it will)c1525 not to care a chip1556 to hang loose (to)1591 (to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632 not to careor matter a farthing1647 not to care a doit1660 (not) to care twopencea1744 not to give a curse (also damn)1763 not to care a dump1821 not to care beans1833 not to care a darn1840 not to give a darn1840 not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861 not to care (also give) a whoop1867 (to care) not a fouter1871 not to care (or give) a toss1876 not to give (also care) a fuck1879 je m'en fiche1889 not to care a dit(e)1907 je m'en fous1918 not to give a shit1918 to pay no nevermind1946 not to give a sod1949 not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960 not to give a stuff1974 the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > in progress [phrase] > how things proceed how the world wagsc1525 how (the) squares go1608 c1525 J. Rastell Of Gentylnes & Nobylyte sig. Cijv I wyll let the world wagg & home wyll I goo. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.iiiv In flattryng fables, men fynde but lyttyl fayth But moveatur terra, let the world wag. 1538 H. Latimer Let. 17 June in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 396 By this bill inclosed your lordship can perceive something, how the world doth wag with Warwick college. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Biiiv Let the worlde wagge we must neades haue drynke. 1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. iv. iii. sig. I I warrant thee wee two will liue howe soeuer the world wagge. 1605 C. Tourneur Laugh & lie Downe sig. Eii Wee will haue a merry Bridall day, let the world wagge after as it will. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Gallere Vogue la gallere, let the world wag, slide, goe how it will; let goe a Gods name. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 23 Thus we may see (quoth he) how the world wagges . View more context for this quotation 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 106 Solomons sluggard,..who foldeth his hands together; and letteth the world wag as it will. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 130 Let us then go and see how the World wags in the City Circle. 1702 Secret Mercury 2–9 Sept. 2/1 I retir'd to my Lodgings and let the World wagg for that Night. 1770 R. Cumberland Brothers i. viii. 9 Let the world wag as it will, he'll never flinch. 1790 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 105 Let the world wag as it may. 1791 F. Burney Let. 31 July in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 1 I shall not, I hope, be forgetful, when the World wags ill; [etc.]. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. ii. 41 ‘I will have a rouze with Dunois,’ said Crevecœur, ‘wag the world as it will.’ a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. i. 3 But you shall hear..how the world has wagged with me. 1861 Congressional Globe 18 Feb. 967/3 But I believe the world has wagged along about the same after as they did before the resolutions passed. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xlii Let the world wag on as it may. 1910 H. W. Eliot Let. 12 May in T. S. Eliot Lett. (1988) I. 14 The world wags and the end draws nigher. 1997 J. Updike Toward End of Time 209 It was necessary today to secure tangible proof for Mrs. Fessenden that she was still a wealthy woman, however the world wagged. 2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 27 Dec. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. < as lemmas |
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