fool's paradisen.

Brit.

/ˌfuːlz ˈparədʌɪs/, U.S.

/ˌfulz ˈpɛrəˌdaɪs/,

/ˌfulz ˈpɛrəˌdaɪz/

Forms:

α. see fool n.¹ and paradise n.

β. 1800s fool-paradise.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fool n.¹, paradise n.

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of fool n.¹ + paradise n. In β. forms < fool n.¹ + paradise n.

1. A state of illusory happiness or good fortune; happiness based on false hopes or anticipations. Now frequently in to live in a fool's paradise (esp. in progressive, as in they are living in a fool's paradise).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] > illusory happiness

fool's paradise1462

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > concerning good life

fool's paradise1462

wealth-fantasy1940

vie en rose1957

1462 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 167 I wold nat be in a folis paradyce.

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 693 For lewed hope is folys paradyse.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. f vi Thus my lady not very wyse, Is brought in-to foles paradyse.

1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara iv. 286 Thus was that old experienc'd Turn-key of villany brought into a Fool's paradise.

a1770 G. Whitefield Serm. (1771) ii. 44 After you have been driven out of one fool's paradise, you may retreat into another.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 319 You have been revelling in a fool's paradise of leisure.

1945 A. Ginsberg Let. 4 Sept. (2008) 13 Realizing that art was..merely an escape, a fool's paradise.

2018 Early Times (India) (Nexis) 22 May The state government is still living in a fool's paradise by not taking the matter seriously.

†2. A prism which refracts light. See prism n. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments to refract, etc., light > [noun] > refractor

fool's paradise1644

refractor1722

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxix. 257 Those triangular glasses, or prismes which some do call fooles Paradises.

1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 229 We shall conclude with that Triangular Glass call'd the fools Paradise, though fit for the wits of wiser men, which representeth so lively Red, Blew, and Green, that no colours can compare with them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fools paradise
释义	fool's paradisen. Brit. /ˌfuːlz ˈparədʌɪs/, U.S. /ˌfulz ˈpɛrəˌdaɪs/, /ˌfulz ˈpɛrəˌdaɪz/ Forms: α. see fool n.¹ and paradise n. β. 1800s fool-paradise. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fool n.¹, paradise n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of fool n.¹ + paradise n. In β. forms < fool n.¹ + paradise n. 1. A state of illusory happiness or good fortune; happiness based on false hopes or anticipations. Now frequently in to live in a fool's paradise (esp. in progressive, as in they are living in a fool's paradise). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] > illusory happiness fool's paradise1462 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > concerning good life fool's paradise1462 wealth-fantasy1940 vie en rose1957 1462 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 167 I wold nat be in a folis paradyce. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 693 For lewed hope is folys paradyse. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. f vi Thus my lady not very wyse, Is brought in-to foles paradyse. 1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara iv. 286 Thus was that old experienc'd Turn-key of villany brought into a Fool's paradise. a1770 G. Whitefield Serm. (1771) ii. 44 After you have been driven out of one fool's paradise, you may retreat into another. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 319 You have been revelling in a fool's paradise of leisure. 1945 A. Ginsberg Let. 4 Sept. (2008) 13 Realizing that art was..merely an escape, a fool's paradise. 2018 Early Times (India) (Nexis) 22 May The state government is still living in a fool's paradise by not taking the matter seriously. †2. A prism which refracts light. See prism n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments to refract, etc., light > [noun] > refractor fool's paradise1644 refractor1722 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxix. 257 Those triangular glasses, or prismes which some do call fooles Paradises. 1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 229 We shall conclude with that Triangular Glass call'd the fools Paradise, though fit for the wits of wiser men, which representeth so lively Red, Blew, and Green, that no colours can compare with them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1462
随便看	to wale by to walk a chalk-line to walk a chalkline to walk a crack to walk a message through to walk a the like through to walk a turn to walk about to walk afoot to walk all over to walk all over a person to walk and chew gum at the same time to walk antipodes to to walk around to walk at rovers to walk away to walk away from to walk away with to walk before one can run to walk chesty to walk down to walk down the aisle to walk etc on one's uppers to walk free to walk guard