| 单词 | a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothing f. a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothing, etc.: a person who conceals malicious intentions under an appearance of gentleness or friendliness (in allusion to Matthew vii. 15). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothingc1460 figurea1513 seemera1616 fop1755 mutton dressed as lamb1811 comedian1893 faux bonhomme1916 c1400 Rom. Rose 6260 Who-so toke a wethers skin, And wrapped a gredy wolf therin.] c1460 Wisdom 490 in Macro Plays 51 Ther ys a wolffe in a lombys skyn. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. lxxxvii He wyl play the woulfe in a lambes skynne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 54 Thou Wolfe in Sheepes array. View more context for this quotation 1718 J. Breval Play is Plot i. i. 9 Mercy o' me! what have we here then? a Wolf in Sheep's cloathing? 1722 [see sense 5a]. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks I. xiv. 302 Why had this tender lamb been allowed to wander out of the fold, while a wolf in sheep's clothing was invited into the pasture-ground? < as lemmas |
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