单词 | a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant sees farther than the giant |
释义 | > as lemmasa dwarf (also child, etc.) standing on the shoulders of a giant sees farther than the giant The phrase standing on the shoulders of giants is strongly associated with Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727): see quot. 1676. Earlier in proverbial phrase a dwarf (also child, etc.) standing on the shoulders of a giant sees farther than the giant (now rare; in quot. 1608 as a simile).< as lemmas |
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