| 单词 | to put every iron in the fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put every iron in the fire b. to put (also lay) all one's irons in the fire (also to put every iron in the fire): to do everything possible (to achieve some goal); to employ all one's resources. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > find means to do something [verb (intransitive)] > use every means an iron in the fire1549 to put (also lay) all one's irons in the fire1572 1572 J. Leslie Copie Let. out of Scotl. f. 16 He therefore layed al his irons in the fyre, & leaft no stone vnremoued, or way vnattempted, to persuade her..to take to husband the said Earle Bothwel. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 777 Now Pompey..vnder hand did lay all the yrons in the fire he could, to bring it to passe. 1696 tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras Mem. Count de Rochefort 321 Wherefore putting all his Irons in the fire immediately, he manag'd it so well, that he obtain'd an Arrest. 1751 tr. Female Foundling I. 145 Without more Words, I will put every Iron in the Fire. 1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. iii. 62 Anthony Darnel had begun to canvass, and was putting every iron in the fire. 1840 C. G. Jenkins Miss Aylmer II. ix. 134 He puts all his ‘irons in the fire’, knows the points required, and spares not the means. 1849 A. Ross Adventures First Settlers Oregon or Columbia River x. 170 Those who had been rejected put every iron in the fire, out of pure spite, to discourage those already engaged. 1919 R. Coldicott London Men in Palestine i. ii. 20 The position to be held was both wide and complicated. We put all our irons in the fire. < as lemmas |
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