| 单词 | o ye of little faith |
| 释义 | > as lemmasO ye of little faith b. O ye of little faith and variants: used to rebuke or chide someone who is mistrustful or sceptical of a person, idea, etc. Chiefly humorous in later use. With allusion to various passages in the New Testament (e.g. Matthew 16:8, Luke 12:28) in which Jesus exhorts his disciples to trust in God. ΚΠ 1762 London Evening Post 16 Nov. And can you, oh ye of little faith; suspect that a Prince with all these amiable qualities, will suffer himself to be cajoled..to sign an inglorious peace? 1888 Monmouth (Indiana) Collegian 17 Jan. 4/3 A Prep. remarks: ‘Oh! ye of little faith. Must think we'll run off before we pay our tuition!’ 1913 Gas Age 15 Mar. 286/2 Hundreds of managers who are even now waiting to see whether a lighting campaign will pay... ‘O, ye of little faith!’ 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Dec. a21 I am the one who said back in March that if a woman wanted to be nominated for vice president she would have to run for the office. Oh me of little faith. 2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) ii. 72 O ye of little faith you may doubt my word but I bet it would tan the arse off The Generation Game. < as lemmas |
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