| 单词 | to strike a bad patch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto strike (also hit, etc.) a bad (also rough, sticky) patch P2. With modifying adjective: a distinct period of time with a characteristic quality. Frequently in to strike (also hit, etc.) a bad (also rough, sticky) patch. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of certain character, condition, or events dayOE dayOE summer day1563 tempestivity1569 set1633 stretch1689 period1712 run1714 tack1723 spell1827 dreamtime1844 time coursea1867 patch1897 dreaming1932 quality time1972 1897 Bristol Times & Mirror 16 Aug. 6/2 Since then, first Yorkshire and now Essex seem to have struck a bad patch. 1926 P. G. Wodehouse Heart of Goof i. 32 We strike a good patch and are beginning to think pretty well of ourselves. 1949 Econ. Jrnl. 59 506 The concept of measurable ultilty, after going through a rough patch, has now been pretty firmly re-established on its throne. 1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 12/4 A friend helps you over a sticky patch in the afternoon. 1989 P. Lively Passing On v. 59 Tim and I..are going through what is called a bad patch. 2001 S. Walton Out of It (2002) p. x The moral support I received..during a very tiresome sticky patch in the summer of 1999. < as lemmas |
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