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单词 for better or for worse
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  • We husbands, we lads of the for-better-or-for-worse brigade, we learn to pierce the mask.

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for better or for worse


Under good or bad circumstances, with good or bad effect. For example, For better or for worse he trusts everyone. This term became widely familiar because it appears in the marriage service of the Book of Common Prayer (1549): “With this ring I thee wed, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, for better or worse, til death do us part.” [Late 1300s]

Words nearby for better or for worse

forbear, forbearance, Forbes, Forbes disease, Forbes-Robertson, for better or for worse, forbid, forbiddance, forbidden, forbidden band, Forbidden City
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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