| 单词 | a little knowledge is a dangerous thing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa little knowledge is a dangerous thing b. a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.With allusion to Pope Ess. Crit. (1711) 14, ‘a little Learning is a dang'rous Thing’ (misquoted in quot. 1746): see quot. 1711 at learning n. 3a. ΚΠ 1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 4 Oct. in Lett. to Son (1774) I. 238 Mr. Pope says, very truly, ‘A little knowledge is a dang'rous thing’. 1785 Monthly Rev. Nov. 389 In this age of compilations, and abridgments, and beauties, and seraps, the doctrine cannot be too often repeated A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 1794 H. Repton Let. to Uvedale Price 15 As ‘a little knowledge is a dangerous thing’, so the professors of every art, as well as that of medicine, will often find that the most difficult cases are those, where the patient has begun quacking himself. 1826 Examiner 1 Jan. 41/1 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing—and that they should meddle with nothing but physical science and the Bible! 1882 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 249/2 If ever it were true, it is pre-eminently true now, that ‘a little knowledge is a dangerous thing’. 1925 Rotarian Feb. 38 Wherever you find them they are busy proving that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing—but not making any effort to get more understanding. 1967 Jrnl. Business 40 354/1 For those who realize that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, there is an extensive Bibliography by subject matter at the end of the volume. 2009 Independent (Nexis) 22 July 30 When it comes to life or death, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. < as lemmas |
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