英语词汇“to make two bites at the cherry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

In proverbial expressions. Esp. †to make two bites at the cherry, etc.: (usually in negative contexts) to behave with affected nicety; to divide (a task, etc.) unnecessarily minutely; to take two bites of a cherry, etc.: to take or have a further opportunity to achieve something. Also, a second bite at the cherry, etc., a second chance.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [noun] > opportunity > second

a second bite at the cherry1662

1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 184/2 To play the Hypocrite, and be demure, are that will make two bits of one Chery, but in private can devour a pound and more.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxviii. 145 Nothing is to be got out of him but Monosyllables; by Jingo, I believe he would make three bits of a Cherry.

1819 Farmer's Almanack 1820 (Boston) xxviii. 11 Never make two bites at a cherry.

1827 W. Scott Two Drovers in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiv. 315 Take it all, man—take it all—never make two bites of a cherry.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. xviii. 308 There were soldiers of a lower stamp, who would not make two bites of such a cherry.

1905 S. Weyman Starvecrow Farm v. 41 I'll have no goings on with such in my house, and no making two bites of a cherry!

1966 K. Amis in New Statesman 14 Jan. 52/1 I have never before met supplemental for supplementary except as the term for the second-bite-at-the-cherry examination for pass students at the University College of Swansea.

1968 ‘A. Gilbert’ Night Encounter xi. 186 Never heard of taking two bites at a cherry? If he couldn't afford to let Mr. Crook go on breathing before, he's got twice as much reason to want to shut him up now.

1971 Nature 1 Jan. 5/2 One of the chief purposes of the Open University is to provide a second bite at the higher education cherry for those students who..have missed out on their first opportunity.

1986 Sunday Tel. 9 Nov. 11/8 In a second bite at the cherry last week the Sunday Express clarified Dr Seale's position.

单词	to make two bites at the cherry
释义	> as lemmas to make two bites at the cherry In proverbial expressions. Esp. †to make two bites at the cherry, etc.: (usually in negative contexts) to behave with affected nicety; to divide (a task, etc.) unnecessarily minutely; to take two bites of a cherry, etc.: to take or have a further opportunity to achieve something. Also, a second bite at the cherry, etc., a second chance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [noun] > opportunity > second a second bite at the cherry1662 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 184/2 To play the Hypocrite, and be demure, are that will make two bits of one Chery, but in private can devour a pound and more. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxviii. 145 Nothing is to be got out of him but Monosyllables; by Jingo, I believe he would make three bits of a Cherry. 1819 Farmer's Almanack 1820 (Boston) xxviii. 11 Never make two bites at a cherry. 1827 W. Scott Two Drovers in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiv. 315 Take it all, man—take it all—never make two bites of a cherry. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. xviii. 308 There were soldiers of a lower stamp, who would not make two bites of such a cherry. 1905 S. Weyman Starvecrow Farm v. 41 I'll have no goings on with such in my house, and no making two bites of a cherry! 1966 K. Amis in New Statesman 14 Jan. 52/1 I have never before met supplemental for supplementary except as the term for the second-bite-at-the-cherry examination for pass students at the University College of Swansea. 1968 ‘A. Gilbert’ Night Encounter xi. 186 Never heard of taking two bites at a cherry? If he couldn't afford to let Mr. Crook go on breathing before, he's got twice as much reason to want to shut him up now. 1971 Nature 1 Jan. 5/2 One of the chief purposes of the Open University is to provide a second bite at the higher education cherry for those students who..have missed out on their first opportunity. 1986 Sunday Tel. 9 Nov. 11/8 In a second bite at the cherry last week the Sunday Express clarified Dr Seale's position. extracted from cherryn. < as lemmas
随便看	to listen forth, out to listen good to listen hear reason to listen in to listen of to listen on to listen one's an ear to to listen one's ears to to listen out to listen to reason to listen up to litter down to little avail to little effect to little purpose to live a double life to live and breathe to live and breathe something to live and learn to live and let live to live and look to live at a low sail to live at discretion to live at hack and manger to live at hake and manger

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