单词 | common fame is seldom to blame |
释义 | > as lemmascommon fame is seldom to blame P4. Proverb. common fame is seldom to blame: widespread or general rumour is rarely completely unfounded. Cf. common fame n. ΚΠ 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 227 Common fame's seldome to blame. 1737 Ray's Compl. Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 3) 105 Common fame's seldom to blame. 1936 R. A. J. Walling Corpse in Crimson Slippers i. 15 But though, as the proverb says, common fame is seldom to blame, don't believe everything you hear about me. 2017 News Internat. (Pakistan) (Nexis) 3 July Gossiping and lying go together. They are inseparable. Common fame is seldom to blame. < as lemmas |
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