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fell swoop

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2010/05/24 08:11 UTC 版)

語源

After Shakepseare, in Macbeth, act iv, scene 3, where Macduff learns his wife and entire family are murdered:

Ro. Wife, Children, Seruants, all that could be found. […]
Macd. […] All my pretty ones?
Did you ſay All? Oh Hell-Kite! All?
What, All my pretty Chickens, and their Damme
At one fell ſwoope?

名詞

one fell swoop (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) One stroke; one action or event with many results.
    Changing the oil lubricates the engine and removes debris in one fell swoop.

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