| 单词 | all for the best |
| 释义 | all for the bestAlso, for the best. Best in the long run, despite appearances to the contrary. It is often a response to an unhappy outcome, as in They had to sell their business, but since they weren't making money it's probably for the best, or The dress had been sold when she went back, but since it was a little too tight it's all for the best. [Late 1300s] Words nearby all for the bestall-flying tail, All Fools' Day, all for, All for Love, All for one and one for all, all for the best, all fours, all gone, all hail, Allhallowmas, Allhallows The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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