| 单词 | a fool may give a wise man counsel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa fool may give a wise man counsel (b) In expressions contrasting fools with wise men, e.g. a fool may give a wise man counsel, fools ask question wise men cannot answer, etc. ΚΠ a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 630 A fool may ek ofte a wys man gide. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 24 Many tymes of wyse yonge men cometh olde foles, And of yonge fooles customably cometh wise olde men. 1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes §167. 186 Cato Maior would say; That wise men learned more by Fooles, then Fooles by wise men. 1660 R. L'Estrange Apol. with Short View 88 I shall..make the old saying good, that One Fool may ask more Questions, than Twenty Wise men can Answer. 1738 J. Swift Treat. Polite Conversat. ii. 69 They say, a Fool will ask more Questions, than twenty wise Men can answer. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian (1822) xix. 344 If a fule may gie a wise man counsel, I wad hae him think twice. 1997 M. Walters Echo iv. 60 ‘I reckon I learnt a thing or two off of him.’ ‘Like what?’ Terry grinned. ‘Like, fools ask questions that wise men cannot answer.’ < as lemmas |
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