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单词 to take things as they come
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to take things as they come
(a) to take (something) as it comes: to deal with (an event or occurrence) as it arises, without undue fuss or worry. Frequently in to take things as they come, to take it as it comes.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > be patient [verb (intransitive)]
to take (something) as it comesc1350
patient1561
patience1596
to turn the buckle of the girdle1606
thole1674
c1350 in London Mediaeval Stud. (1951) 2 45 (MED) Þen Is hyt wisdam to worchen as þe wyse and take þe wedur as hit cometz, cloudi and clere.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 60 The time muste be taken as hit cometh, is hit hard or softe.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cclxvi That man folowes hye wysdome Whiche takys all thynges lyke as they come.
1611 J. Davies Scourge Folly 170 Take all things as they come, and bee content. So many whores do, and yet pay their Rent.
1645 D. North Forest of Varieties i. 83 Wee must doe herein as by the weather, pray for good and take it as it comes.
1700 C. Hickman 14 Serm. vi. 167 Every provident Man is contented with that allay, and takes it as it comes.
1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 97 He took his lot just as it came, Nor fate nor fortune did he blame.
1811 M. Leadbeater Cottage Dialogues Irish Peasantry xxxvi. 188 We must only take the weather as it comes, and be satisfied with what is sent us.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 95 Accustomed to take things as they came, and to make the best of a bad job.
1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. ix. 203 The true secret is to take things as they come.
1926 E. M. Dell Black Knight i. x ‘I try to take things as they come.’.. ‘And when the bottom falls out of everything—what do you do then?’
1979 V. Kelleher Voices from River iii. 34 I was trying not to think... I kept telling myself, take it as it comes.
1992 R. Gunesekera Monkfish Moon 65 I have to take each day as it comes with liver salts and iodine.
2002 Independent 27 May 15/7 We are a feet-on-the-ground sort of people who take things as they come.
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