| 单词 | primrose path |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprimrose path primrose path n. a path abounding in primroses; (figurative) an appealing course or route; esp. the pursuit of pleasure which might bring ruin or disastrous consequences (usually with allusion to Shakespeare's Hamlet: see quot. 1604). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy > easy way or method primrose path1604 primrose waya1616 line of least resistance1746 plain sailing1756 royal road1793 plane sailing1850 pipe course1923 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant conduct > [noun] > way towards primrose path1604 primrose waya1616 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > going astray > the wrong path or evil way bypathc1400 primrose path1604 primrose waya1616 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 50 Doe not as some vngracious pastors doe, Showe me the step and thorny way to heauen Whiles a puft, and reckles libertine Himselfe the primrose path of dalience treads. View more context for this quotation 1763 J. Wilkes in North Briton 3 106 Wit is an ignis fatuus, which leads us astray. It is the primrose path, which conducts to folly. 1782 J. Logan Poems 16 At eve, the primrose path along, The milkmaid shortens with a song Her solitary way. 1882 J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years I. xix. 355 Never to sell his soul by travelling the primrose path to wealth and distinction. 1928 Evening State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 4 Dec. 9/2 Not every small town girl [on Broadway]..scoots to hell in a handbasket. There are many detours along the primrose path and they are frequently taken by those who see pitfalls ahead. 1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport v. 166 As it is, most people do not transgress one taboo after another and set off on the primrose path to ruin. < as lemmas |
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