单词 | on the wrong side of history |
释义 | > as lemmason the wrong side of history (l) on the wrong side of history: at variance with the (likely) thought, practice, or judgement of the future; at odds with how commentators view (or are likely to view) an issue or action retrospectively. Similarly on the (right) side of history: in line with (likely) thought, practice or judgement of the future; coincident with the way in which commentators view (or are likely to view) an issue or action retrospectively. ΚΠ 1912 Evening Democrat (Fort Madison, Iowa) 17 Oct. 8/3 Slanderers of Roosevelt and progressiveism will find themselves later on the wrong side of history. 1946 Amendm. Social Security Act: Hearings before Comm. Ways & Means (U.S. House of Representatives, 79th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 1 vii. 822 Perhaps the greatest satisfaction, as we look back upon our lives would be to know that we were on the right side and not on the wrong side of history. 1961 S. Monas in tr. M. Zoshchenko Scenes from Bathhouse (1962) p. ix When an employee..has her hand burned by the poker, the old peasant shows himself surprisingly on the side of history and suggests to the manager of the establishment a rationalization of his work. 2013 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 9 Apr. a15 When she denounced Nelson Mandela's liberation movement as a ‘typical terrorist organization’ and rejected calls for sanctions.., Margaret Thatcher found herself on the wrong side of history. < as lemmas |
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