| 单词 | two of a trade can never agree |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwo of a trade can never (also seldom) agree a. two of a trade can never (also seldom) agree: competitors in the same field cannot work together without conflict or rivalry. ΚΠ 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore ii. 154 It is a common rule, and 'tis most true, Two of one trade never loue.] 1673 E. Ravenscroft Careless Lovers sig. A2v Two of a Trade can seldome agree. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxi. 72 In ev'ry age and clime we see, Two of a trade can ne'er agree. 1836 S. I. Mahoney Six Years Monasteries Italy 170 It is a common saying, ‘two of a trade can never agree’... The Augustinian hates the Carmelite, the Carmelite the Augustinian, the Augustinian the Dominican. 1907 Country Life 29 Dec. 958/1 The magpies drove the jays away—for the reason, we may suppose, that ‘two of a trade never agree’. 2005 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. 31 This hatred between despotic regimes and terrorist groups was an example of the old saying that ‘two of a trade never agree’. < as lemmas |
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