| 单词 | heart of gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheart of gold P2. heart of gold: used to denote a kind, generous, brave, or noble nature, or a person having this. ΚΠ 1542 Dyalogue Defensyue for Women sig. C.iiiv What hertes of golde fyne and pure whiche women do vtterly contemne and refuse. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. i. 45 The kings abago, and a hart of gold. 1703 Voy. to Antipodes 27 I remember our old Captain..used to say, Come my Hearts of Gold; now for the Honour of England. 1831 W. Scott Jrnl. 10 Jan. (1946) 135 A fine fellow, & what I call a Heart of gold. 1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (Tauchnitz ed.) II. vii. i. 208 If, with gentle blood, youth, good looks, and a heart of gold, that fortune does not allow him to aspire to any girl whose hand he covets, I can double it. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xi. 123 While she may have had a heart of gold, the thing you noticed about her first was that she had a tooth of gold. 1971 Times 12 Dec. 19/4 Tarts invariably turn out to have a heart of gold. 2016 S. Wales Argus (Nexis) 11 Apr. He has a heart of gold. And he is an example to us all. < as lemmas |
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