| 单词 | fairy gift |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfairy gift fairy gift n. a wonderful or valuable gift that arrives unexpectedly or in a seemingly magical way; a boon, a godsend; (also, with allusion to some traditional fairy tales) something which at first appears to be attractive or valuable but later vanishes or changes into something bad (cf. fairy gold n.). ΚΠ 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 88 The Grant of the East to the Portugal, and West-Indies to the Spaniard. Nevertheless this Fairy Gift was the Ground of a long and tedious Quarrel in each of the World's Ends. 1793 T. Pennant Literary Life 90 I..find nothing in it but good sound doctrine... I cannot but consider it as a fairy-gift. 1851 C. Brontë Let. 21 July (2000) II. 667 These Cornhill-parcels have something of the magic charm of a fairy-gift about them. 1929 M. Brandeis Shaun O'Day of Ireland i. i. 13 The wee word ‘why’ Is a fairy gift To little babes at birth, It opens wide the wonder world To every child on earth. 2012 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 29 June When I read my poems to any audience..there's a lot of laughing, but I always warn them that it's a fairy gift and will turn scary when they get it home. < as lemmas |
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