| 单词 | milk of human kindness |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(the) milk of human kindness (the) milk of human kindness n. care and compassion for others; humanity.Usually with allusion to Shakespeare's use (see quot. a1616). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy milceeOE mildheartnesseOE oreOE mildheartlaikc1175 mercya1225 misericordc1230 pitya1250 gracec1300 mildheadc1300 milcefulnessa1333 pietya1350 tree of mercyc1375 miserationa1382 mildc1390 piteousnessa1393 miltha1400 milthnessa1400 blithec1400 mercifulnessc1429 misericordy1479 mildfulness1489 clemence1490 clemency1553 pardon1555 pitifulness1555 milk of human kindnessa1616 mussy1823 mild-heartedness1849 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 16 Yet doe I feare thy Nature, It is too full o' th' Milke of humane kindnesse . View more context for this quotation 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iii. iv. 57 The thunder of your words has soured the milk of human kindness in my breast! 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxviii. 377 What's come of my milk of human kindness? It turns into curds and whey when I look at him. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iv. 123 Not you, dear friend; you would draw it too mild; you have too much of the milk of human kindness. 1956 G. Durrell My Family & Other Animals xviii. 237 Overflowing with the milk of human kindness, the family had invited everyone they could think of, including people they cordially disliked. 1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) 12/2 Here is a man..tough as nails on the outside but with the milk of human kindness sloshing inside. 2008 M. Stanton Immortal Sofa 31 But now your mouth is dry. The milk of human kindness tastes like a punch in the nose. < as lemmas |
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