| 单词 | what goes up must come down |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhat goes up must come down a. what goes up must come down: (with reference to the effects of gravity) something thrown into the air must eventually descend; (hence figurative) a person or thing currently in the ascendant will inevitably suffer a decline in fortune.Apparently popularized by descriptions of anti-aircraft shrapnel during the First World War (1914–18), although the phrase is recorded from the early 19th cent. in U.S. use. ΚΠ 1826 T. Sedgwick Hints to my Countrymen vii. 180 When one boy among a dozen throws a stone into the air, crying out, that ‘what goes up must come down’, it is very likely so to happen. 1860 Connersville (Indiana) Daily News 14 June 1/3 Don't get on stilts in prosperity, nor on your knees in adversity; for what goes up must come down, but what goes down don't always come up. 1929 F. A. Pottle Stretchers vii. 168 The antiaircraft guns always took a shot for luck. What goes up must come down, and one can be killed quite as neatly by a fragment of his own shrapnel as by the enemy's. 1931 Flying Mag. Dec. 80/1 ‘What goes up must come down.’ It has been raining various sized bits of metal for the past several minutes. 1988 G. Lockwood Compl. Idiot's Guide to Crafts with Kids vi. 62 Some people say this paper airplane originated at Dartmouth University to illustrate the ‘What goes up must come down’ principle relative to the stock market. 2006 R. Gunesekera Match (2007) 298 ‘What has happened?.. In 1996 we were the champions of the world. What the hell has gone wrong?’ ‘What goes up, must come down.’ < as lemmas |
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