| 单词 | well to do in the world |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell to do in the world (b) More fully well to do in the world. Cf. well in the world at well adj. 8a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > rich or wealthy [phrase] > well off well at easec1330 of substance?a1439 at rack and (at) mangera1500 in good case1560 well to live1568 well and warmc1571 well to pass in the worlda1609 inlaid1699 in easy circumstancesa1704 well to do in the world1805 stouth and routh1816 quids in1919 1805 G. Colman John Bull i. i. 10 A very thriving man now, and well to do in the world. 1843 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. x. 196 They are very respectable—that's to say.., people well to do in the world. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 415 The Corporation of the Steelyard were too well to do in the world to be other than..thoroughly Anglican. 1912 in Sale Intoxicating Liquors (Hearing U.S. Senate Subcomm. District Columbia) 179 The people of standing who live in their own houses, or else live in comfortable houses and are fairly well to do in the world. < as lemmas |
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