| 单词 | saying and doing are two things |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaying and doing are two things P1. Proverb. saying and doing are two things and variants. Cf. to practise what one preaches at practise v. 3d.In North American use often with more elaborate variation (see, e.g., quots. 1756, 1809). ΚΠ 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxxvi. f. ccxcivv/2 Bytwene sayenge and doyng is great difference [Fr. entre faire et dire a trop grant difference]. 1562 J. Heywood Three Hundred Epigrammes (new ed.) xxiv. in Wks. sig. Rijv Saying and doyng, are twoo thinges, we say. 1613 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (rev. ed.) ii. xxxi. 400 Saying is one thing, and doing another. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 108 Well, I see that Saying and Doing are two things . View more context for this quotation 1756 B. Franklin Poor Richard Improved Dec. Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted. 1809 Port Folio Nov. 429 Saying and Doing do not dine together. 1831 W. Wirt Lett. (1849) II. 363 But saying and doing are two things. 1898 Temple Bar June 281 She has promised if she comes to Bristol to come and see me, but saying and doing are two things. 1995 National Assembly Official Rep. (Republic of Kenya) 23 Mar. 67/1 Saying is one thing and doing is another thing altogether. < as lemmas |
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