英语词汇“honesty is the best policy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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honesty is the best policy

b. Proverb. honesty is the best policy and variants.

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1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. K3 Our grosse conceits, who thinke Honestie the best policie.

a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 227 This I take to be plain-dealing, as I take honesty to be the best policy.

1793 Ld. Spencer in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 82 Hutchinson is going to break, and to show the world that honesty is the best policy.

1883 Harper's Mag. July 308/1 A man says sonorously and decisively that honesty is the best policy.

1963 G. Sansom Hist. Japan 1615–1867 x. 127 The leading merchants agreed that honesty was the best policy; but their motive was profit.

2012 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 1 Sept. f3 Don't try and cover up your mistakes with excuses, sometimes ‘honesty is the best policy’.

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honesty is the best policy

Now generally merged in sense 4, e.g. in the proverbial phrase honesty is the best policy, originally in this sense, now usually understood as in sense 4.

extracted from policyn.¹

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单词	honesty is the best policy
释义	> as lemmas honesty is the best policy b. Proverb. honesty is the best policy and variants. ΚΠ 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. K3 Our grosse conceits, who thinke Honestie the best policie. a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 227 This I take to be plain-dealing, as I take honesty to be the best policy. 1793 Ld. Spencer in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 82 Hutchinson is going to break, and to show the world that honesty is the best policy. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 308/1 A man says sonorously and decisively that honesty is the best policy. 1963 G. Sansom Hist. Japan 1615–1867 x. 127 The leading merchants agreed that honesty was the best policy; but their motive was profit. 2012 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 1 Sept. f3 Don't try and cover up your mistakes with excuses, sometimes ‘honesty is the best policy’. extracted from honestyn. honesty is the best policy Now generally merged in sense 4, e.g. in the proverbial phrase honesty is the best policy, originally in this sense, now usually understood as in sense 4.extracted from policyn.¹ < as lemmas
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