| 单词 | many a true word is spoken in jest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmany a true word is spoken in jest c. Proverb. many a true word is spoken in jest and variants: an apparently humorous or light-hearted remark may in fact be particularly accurate, perceptive, or discerning.Compare earlier: c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Monk's Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 76 Ful ofte in game a sooth I haue herd seye. ΚΠ 1652 Mercurius Britannicus No. 15. 240 I wish, for the satisfaction of his minde in that point [sc. the manner of his death], he were immediately resolv'd which. But I forbear: yet there's many a true word spoken in jest. 1661 J. Hill Wonder in Stafford-shire 3 Yet there's many a true word spoake in jest you'l say. 1701 Let. to French King 14 Mocking's catching, Monsieur Lewis, and many a true Word is spoken in Jest. 1749 J. Swift Tittle Tattle ii. 46 They say many a true Word is spoken in jest. 1817 Literary Panorama Sept. 908 He should remember the old proverb ‘many a true word is spoke in jest’, and to us the opinions of the great chamberlain do not always appear so foolish as they might be intended. 1867 Reliquary Oct. 72 ‘Many a true word,’ says Jack, ‘is said in a joke.’ 1910 W. G. Collingwood Dutch Agnes 121 I fear the name is too apt; the true word spoken in jest. 1979 D. Lessing Shikasta 356 We shall have a dozen or more [children], if this goes on! Many a true word is spoken in jest. 2013 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 1 Sept. (Sport section) 70 He said it with a smile but many a true word is spoken in jest, eh? < as lemmas |
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