单词 | to run into the sand |
释义 | > as lemmasto run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands) j. to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands): to come to nothing; to peter out. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing forworthc1000 folda1250 quailc1450 fruster?a1513 to come to nothing1523 to give out?1523 to fall to the ground?1526 quealc1530 to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604 intercide1637 to fall to dirt1670 to go off1740 to fall through1770 to fall apart1833 collapse1838 to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872 to blow up1934 to blow out1939 1872 Congregationalist Nov. 648 One felt that under the leadership of two such men..this movement is not likely to run into the sand. 1901 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 16 85 The argument is running into the sands just at the stage where the science can least afford it. 1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills xvii. 378 A naturally clever woman with genuine interests of the mind that ran into the sand. 1975 Economist 8 Mar. 75 Sogat has begun merger talks with..Slade..but these have already run into the sand. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 May 10/2 What struck Jane Addams in retrospect..was that immediately after this lecture, everything ran into the sand. < as lemmas |
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