词组 | ups and downs |
释义 | Idiom ups and downs Theme: CHANCE good fortune and bad fortune. (Fixed order.)I've had my ups and downs, but in general life has been good to me.All people have their ups and downs. Idiom ups and downs the mixture of good and bad things that happen.Ups and downs are to be expected in life, but that doesn't make the down parts any easier. Related vocabulary: the ebb and flow of somethingups and downsPositive and negative events or experiences, considered collectively. Oh, we’ve had our share of ups and downs, like any married couple. (someone's) ups and downsa person's good fortune and bad fortune. I've had my ups and downs, but in general life has been good to me. All people have their ups and downs. ups and downsGood times and bad times, successes and failures, as in We've had our ups and downs but things are going fairly well now. This term was first recorded in 1659. ˌups and ˈdownstimes of success, happiness, etc. and times of failure, unhappiness, etc: I suppose every marriage has its ups and downs.I’ve watched the ups and downs of his business with great interest.ups and downsGood times and bad; life’s vicissitudes. The association of “up” with good fortune and “down” with misery occurred in ancient Greek and Latin, and the idea that life doles out both is equally old. The precise expression dates from the seventeenth century. Dickens used an unusual application in Martin Chuzzlewit (1843): “Fraudulent transactions have their downs as well as their ups.” See also win some, lose some. |
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