| 单词 | where there's a will there's a way |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhere there's a will there's a way b. where there's a will there's a way: determination will overcome any obstacle. In early use also †to him that will, ways are not wanting. ΚΠ a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. D2 To him that will, waies are not wanting. 1724 Pharmacopolæ Justificati: Apothecaries Vindicated 6 Tho' it be a homely, it is a true Saying, that where there is a Will, there is a Way. 1797 Happiness of having God for Friend (ed. 2) 7 As for time to serve God—why, where there's a will there's a way. 1822 New Monthly Mag. 4 102 Where there's a will, there's a way. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons xvii. cv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 397/2 Meanwhile I fall back on my favourite proverb,—‘Where there's a will there's a way.’ 1922 World Tomorrow July 204/1 Now the one avenue for obtaining this end was closed. But where there is a will there is a way. 2012 Frontier Post (Pakistan) (Nexis) 17 Feb. These achievements prove beyond an iota of doubt that where there is a will there is a way. < as lemmas |
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