Значение слова "FOR ALL THE WORLD" найдено в 2 источниках

FOR ALL THE WORLD

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

for all the world: translation

for all the world

1. exactly; precisely. (Especially with

look

.) •

She sat there looking for all the world as if she was going to cry.

•

It started out seeming for all the world like a beautiful day. Then a storm came up.

2. everything. (Usually in the negative.) •

I wouldn't give up my baby for all the world.

•

They wouldn't sell their property for all the world.

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{adv. phr.} 1. Under no circumstances. * /Betty said she wouldn't marry Jake for all the world./ 2. Precisely; exactly. * /It began for all the world like a successful baseball season for the UIC Flames, when suddenly they lost to the Blue Demons./