英语词汇“to put one's best foot first”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(ii) to put one's best foot (also leg) first and variants: to embark on an undertaking with as much effort and determination as possible; to start with one's best effort or resource.

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1783 J. O'Keeffe Castle of Andalusia i. iii. 19 I wish I may die, if I was to be serv'd so—if I wou'd not put my best foot first, and go to Madrid, and tell the King of it.

1789 World 20 Apr. To do the Party justice, they have been putting the best leg first.

1847 Ainsworth's Mag. 11 360 Ain't you going to get into the academy this time, Launcy? Push hard you know, my boy,—best leg first.

1882 Brit. Q. Rev. July 204 Though..the discussion of the general principles of taste and beauty seems in place, nevertheless, he has hardly, we think, put his best foot first.

1907 W. I. Thomas Sex & Society 234 With no capital but her personal charms and her wits, and with the possibility of realizing on these only through a successful appeal to man, woman naturally puts her best foot first.

1934 Pennsylvania Hist. 1 84 Each state vied with the others in putting forth the best foot first in a wild attempt to demonstrate that its scenery was more magnificent, [etc.].

2006 This is Wilts. (Nexis) 16 Sept. I am putting my best foot first, and I am confident I can make this work.

单词	to put one's best foot first
释义	> as lemmas to put one's best foot (also leg) first (ii) to put one's best foot (also leg) first and variants: to embark on an undertaking with as much effort and determination as possible; to start with one's best effort or resource. ΚΠ 1783 J. O'Keeffe Castle of Andalusia i. iii. 19 I wish I may die, if I was to be serv'd so—if I wou'd not put my best foot first, and go to Madrid, and tell the King of it. 1789 World 20 Apr. To do the Party justice, they have been putting the best leg first. 1847 Ainsworth's Mag. 11 360 Ain't you going to get into the academy this time, Launcy? Push hard you know, my boy,—best leg first. 1882 Brit. Q. Rev. July 204 Though..the discussion of the general principles of taste and beauty seems in place, nevertheless, he has hardly, we think, put his best foot first. 1907 W. I. Thomas Sex & Society 234 With no capital but her personal charms and her wits, and with the possibility of realizing on these only through a successful appeal to man, woman naturally puts her best foot first. 1934 Pennsylvania Hist. 1 84 Each state vied with the others in putting forth the best foot first in a wild attempt to demonstrate that its scenery was more magnificent, [etc.]. 2006 This is Wilts. (Nexis) 16 Sept. I am putting my best foot first, and I am confident I can make this work. extracted from bestadj.n.¹adv. < as lemmas
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