单词 | to take all his time |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (a person) all his (also her, etc.) time k. colloquial. to take (a person) all his (also her, etc.) time: to require great effort from, to present great difficulties to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] to have a job1832 to take (a person) all his (also her, etc.) time1842 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > it requires great effort to take (a person) all his (also her, etc.) time1842 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. xix. 192 My cows would concentrate..whether or no, and it took all my time to run after 'em. 1880 R. Richardson Phil's Champion vi. 60 That sort of bed makes a room little better nor a sty, an' would take me all my time keepin' the place clean. 1941 E. Carr Klee Wyck 89 It took Jimmie all his time in the shallows to keep us in the channel. 1995 D. Witte in V. Bonner et al. Chilcotin 257 And that mare could buck! It took me all my time to stay with her. 2006 N. Monaghan Killing Jar (2007) i. 7 Sometimes it took her all her time to stand up or sit down. < as lemmas |
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