英语词汇“no smoke without fire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) (there is) no smoke without fire and variants: used to imply that a rumour or accusation does not arise without cause or basis. [Compare Old French ou n'a feu, ne fumee ‘where there is no fire, there is no smoke’ and nul feu est sens fumee ne fumee sens feu ‘no fire is without smoke nor smoke without fire’ (both 13th cent.; compare French n’y a pas de fumée sans feu ‘there is no smoke without fire’, and variants (1625)) and also classical Latin flamma fūmō est proxima ‘the flame is next to the smoke’ (Plautus).]

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c1422 T. Hoccleve Dialogus (Durh.) l. 683 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 134 Wher no fyr maad is, may no smoke aryse.

1534 C. St. German Addicions of Salem & Byzance sig. C^v As the common prouerbe is trewe, that there is neuer smoke withoute somme fyre, so is hit trewe, that this reporte is not rysen withoute somme cause.

1608 T. James Apol. Wickliffe 56 Because there can be no smoke, without some fire, I wil..informe you of the ground of this their accusation.

1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 143 No smoke without some fire, i.e. There is no strong rumour without some ground for it.

1786 Mem. Social Monster 153 They have generally..so much learning as to know, that there is no smoke without fire; and have also sagacity enough to conceive, that wherever there is a fire, there is certainly a smoke.

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas ii. xii. 188 ‘There is no smoke without fire,’ replied Rolleston, sagely.

1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe (1976) i. 17 Now, Tom, we know Eddie Ainslie is if not a liar exactly, a gross exaggerator, but there's no smoke without fire and it could be that you are hard up.

2008 L. Rettig Jumping to Confusions xxii. 299 Tessa is refusing to believe that Josh isn't gay. She says there's no smoke without fire and he'll come out of the closet one day.

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释义	> as lemmas (there is) no smoke without fire (a) (there is) no smoke without fire and variants: used to imply that a rumour or accusation does not arise without cause or basis. [Compare Old French ou n'a feu, ne fumee ‘where there is no fire, there is no smoke’ and nul feu est sens fumee ne fumee sens feu ‘no fire is without smoke nor smoke without fire’ (both 13th cent.; compare French n’y a pas de fumée sans feu ‘there is no smoke without fire’, and variants (1625)) and also classical Latin flamma fūmō est proxima ‘the flame is next to the smoke’ (Plautus).] ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [phrase] > other phrases or sayings there is no smoke without firec1422 straw1835 the style is the man1901 c1422 T. Hoccleve Dialogus (Durh.) l. 683 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 134 Wher no fyr maad is, may no smoke aryse. 1534 C. St. German Addicions of Salem & Byzance sig. C^v As the common prouerbe is trewe, that there is neuer smoke withoute somme fyre, so is hit trewe, that this reporte is not rysen withoute somme cause. 1608 T. James Apol. Wickliffe 56 Because there can be no smoke, without some fire, I wil..informe you of the ground of this their accusation. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 143 No smoke without some fire, i.e. There is no strong rumour without some ground for it. 1786 Mem. Social Monster 153 They have generally..so much learning as to know, that there is no smoke without fire; and have also sagacity enough to conceive, that wherever there is a fire, there is certainly a smoke. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas ii. xii. 188 ‘There is no smoke without fire,’ replied Rolleston, sagely. 1972 G. M. Brown Greenvoe (1976) i. 17 Now, Tom, we know Eddie Ainslie is if not a liar exactly, a gross exaggerator, but there's no smoke without fire and it could be that you are hard up. 2008 L. Rettig Jumping to Confusions xxii. 299 Tessa is refusing to believe that Josh isn't gay. She says there's no smoke without fire and he'll come out of the closet one day. extracted from firen.int. < as lemmas
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