| 单词 | better death than dishonour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbetter death than dishonour P11. death before dishonour, better death than dishonour and variants: used, typically as a motto, to express the notion that it is preferable to die than to submit to an experience considered to bring shame or disgrace to oneself or others. ΚΠ 1761 Life & Extraordinary Hist. J. Taylor I. viii. 52 The Doctor seemed still a Friend to Peace; but Dove had hectored and behaved so rude, that his Spirit could not brook it; Death before Dishonour; so fight he would. 1806 J. Davis Post-Captain ix. 51 I will put up my sword in the presence of women; but I shall find time and place. Death before dishonour. 1862 ‘Johannes Scotus’ Weird of Wentworths I. xxii. 237 Before Ellen Ravensworth submits to wrong she will bury this in her heart—death before dishonour. 1904 B. Russell in Mind 13 522 We may imagine a rhetorically minded soldier in battle saying to himself: ‘To advance is to die, to retreat is dishonour; better death than dishonour.’ 1963 Winnipeg Free Press 15 June 1/3 He has a tattoo on his left forearm, showing a skull and crossbones with the words ‘Death before Dishonour’ written underneath. 2011 Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) (Nexis) 3 Apr. We need all the patriots, the resistance, to take to the streets. There are times when death is better than dishonour. < as lemmas |
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