| 单词 | bread always falls butter side down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbread (also toast) always falls butter side down b. bread (also toast) always falls butter side down and variants: used to express the belief that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Cf. Murphy's Law n.See also slightly later variant with buttered at buttered adj. Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1829 Amer. Masonic Reg. 23 Nov. 94/1 Everything goes wrong... At breakfast..the coffee was scalding hot, the toast fell into my lap, butter side down.] 1851 Knickerbocker Dec. 617 Alas! all bread and butter falls butter-side down: the boat would upset every now and then. 1981 New Scientist 2 July 41/3 Sod's Law: T'is famous..That the bread that you drop..In response to this law When it reaches the floor Will always land butter side down. 2015 Express (Nexis) 24 Nov. 14 As temperatures plunge to freezing,..boilers..conk out and every repair man within miles can't come until next week,..just as the toast always falls butter side down. < as lemmas |
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