| 单词 | more people know tom fool than tom fool knows |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmore people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows more people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows: used in a situation in which someone is recognized by a person or persons whom he or she does not know or recognize.Quot. 1656 shows a similar, earlier expression with clown instead of Tom Fool. ΚΠ 1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. i. 63 In all Comedies more know the Clown, then the Clown knows.] 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 347 It was no satisfaction to me that I knew not their Faces, for they might know mine for all that, according to the old English Proverb, that more knows Tom Fool, than Tom Fool knows. ?1750 Conduct & Scandalous Behaviour Porters in Exchange Alley 45 I don't know you, but there is more knows Tom-fool than Tom-fool knows. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 686/2 An old byword, which says more people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. 1865 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 391 Now though he didn't know Hannah, Hannah knew him. ‘More folks know Tom Fool, than Tom Fool knows’, asking Mr. Preston's pardon. 1922 Times 15 Nov. 10/2 I was flattered by the assurance that my initials would suffice. More people, thought I, know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. 2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 7 Oct. ‘You're famous, aren't you?’ she said. Well, no, not in the precise meaning of the word. More people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. < as lemmas |
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