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单词 don't let the sun go down on your anger
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don't (also never) let the sun go down on your anger (also wrath, an argument, etc.)
(i) don't (also never) let the sun go down on your anger (also wrath, an argument, etc.) (and variants): do not fail to resolve anger, an argument, grievance, etc., before the day is over. Also in infinitive constructions.With allusion to Ephesians 4:26 ‘Let not the sun go down upon your wrath’ (King James version), counselling that animosity or resentment should be abandoned as quickly as possible. [Compare post-classical Latin sol non occidat super iracundiam vestram (Vulgate) and its model Hellenistic Greek ὁ ἥλιος μὴ ἐπιδυέτω ἐπὶ παροργισμῷ ὑμῶν, lit. ‘the sun should not go down on your anger’ (New Testament: Ephesians 4:26).]
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OE Ælfric tr. Basil Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem 46 Ne læt þu þæt yrre licgean on þinre heortan ofer sunnan setlunge, ac foh to sibbe æror.
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 89 (MED) On ðan ilche daiȝe ðe ðu tebrecst, ær ðe sunne go te reste, loce ðat tu bie sahtled.]
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. iv. 26 The sunne falle not down on ȝoure wraththe.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Eph. iv. 26 Lett nott the sonne goo doune apon youre wrathe.
1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue f. 92 Therfore saynt Paule doth say of trauth Let not the sunne rest on your wrath.
1612 L. Bayly Practise of Pietie (ed. 2) 400 If thou haue fallen out with any in the day, let not the Sunne goe downe on thine anger that night.
1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. xxxvii. 189 And yet we ought not to let the Sun go down upon our Wrath, or our Impenitence.
1846 Rosette 80 Marian Grey must be first forgiven; A frowning angel will stand in your path If you let the sun go down on your wrath.
1865 Frank Leslie's 10 Cent Monthly Feb. 143/2 We took the resolution never to allow the sun to set on our little misunderstandings, so that we should always lie down in peace.
1897 New Eng. Mag. Mar. 96/1 Father used to say, ‘Never let the sun set on your anger, Lucy.’
1917 Health Culture Apr. 173/2 Never let the sun go down on your anger. Do not take your troubles to bed.
1955 Farm Jrnl. & Country Gentleman Oct. 125/1 Practicing ‘Never let the sun go down on a quarrel’ keeps irritations from growing into resentments for at least one family.
1982 D. Fingleton K. Te Kanawa 95 I tried to follow my mother's advice never to let the sun go down on an argument, and to make sure that even if we couldn't be friends, we'd be friendly acquaintances.
2007 Daily Rec. (Scotl.) (Nexis) 7 Aug. 27 Don't let the sun go down on your anger. Stomping off to bed cross and resentful can feel quite good... But we know it's not a good thing for any of us.
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