英语词汇“to move heaven and earth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. to move (also stir) heaven and earth: to make extraordinary efforts, esp. to do or achieve something.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make a great effort

to move (also stir) heaven and earth1580

to swelt one's heart1584

to sweat blood1911

to bust (also rupture) a gut1912

to fall over backwards1932

to bust (also break) one's balls1968

1580 Hooper's Certeine Expos. Psalmes ii. iii. f. 60^v They fight, they fare foule, they moue heauen and earth to alter the purpose and minde of God: but, He that sitteth in heauen laugheth them to scorne.

1673 W. Lloyd tr. in Seasonable Disc. 16 To stir up the several Parties among us..the Monks will move heaven and earth.

1713 tr. Xenophon Hiero (ed. 2) 49/1 They move Heaven and Earth, and will never be at rest till their enamour'd System of Tyranny be erested.

1767 D. Garrick Let. 5 Apr. (1963) II. 562 Our Friends here will stir heaven & Earth to bring Us togeather.

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 7 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 225 Englishmen..would move heaven and earth to establish a better conveyance, at a higher price.

1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xix. 149 Papa..would move heaven and earth for her if he could.

1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 49 There's the police moving heaven and earth to get you back again.

1904 C. Whibley Literary Portraits 113 His wife moved heaven and earth for her husband's enlargement.

1971 J. Fisher That Miss Hobhouse iii. 45 If only she were a man, she would stir Heaven and Earth to prevent this happening.

1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 31 Do you know how embarrassing it was for me? I moved heaven and earth to get you in there.

2001 Independent 28 Sept. 21/1 In the old days if a line went well you moved heaven and earth with your suppliers to get more—you never, ever put the price up.

单词	to move heaven and earth
释义	> as lemmas to move (also stir) heaven and earth P4. to move (also stir) heaven and earth: to make extraordinary efforts, esp. to do or achieve something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make a great effort to move (also stir) heaven and earth1580 to swelt one's heart1584 to sweat blood1911 to bust (also rupture) a gut1912 to fall over backwards1932 to bust (also break) one's balls1968 1580 Hooper's Certeine Expos. Psalmes ii. iii. f. 60^v They fight, they fare foule, they moue heauen and earth to alter the purpose and minde of God: but, He that sitteth in heauen laugheth them to scorne. 1673 W. Lloyd tr. in Seasonable Disc. 16 To stir up the several Parties among us..the Monks will move heaven and earth. 1713 tr. Xenophon Hiero (ed. 2) 49/1 They move Heaven and Earth, and will never be at rest till their enamour'd System of Tyranny be erested. 1767 D. Garrick Let. 5 Apr. (1963) II. 562 Our Friends here will stir heaven & Earth to bring Us togeather. 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 7 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 225 Englishmen..would move heaven and earth to establish a better conveyance, at a higher price. 1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xix. 149 Papa..would move heaven and earth for her if he could. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 49 There's the police moving heaven and earth to get you back again. 1904 C. Whibley Literary Portraits 113 His wife moved heaven and earth for her husband's enlargement. 1971 J. Fisher That Miss Hobhouse iii. 45 If only she were a man, she would stir Heaven and Earth to prevent this happening. 1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 31 Do you know how embarrassing it was for me? I moved heaven and earth to get you in there. 2001 Independent 28 Sept. 21/1 In the old days if a line went well you moved heaven and earth with your suppliers to get more—you never, ever put the price up. extracted from heavenn. < as lemmas
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