| 单词 | actions speak louder than words |
| 释义 | > as lemmasactions speak louder than words P4. Proverb. actions speak louder than words: a person's actions are a better indicator of character than what he or she says. ΚΠ 1628 J. Pym Deb. King's Message to hasten Supply 4 Apr. in Hansard's Parl. Hist. Eng. (1807) II. 274/2 ‘A word spoken in season is like an Apple of Gold set in Pictures of Silver,’ and actions are more precious than words.] a1730 M. Hole Pract. Expos. Church-Catechism (1732) II. 762 Actions speak louder than Words, and 'tis in vain to be Professors of Piety, if at the same time we are Workers of Iniquity. 1758 J. Bellamy Serm. 197 Words do not answer the End. But Actions speak louder than Words, and will work a thoro' Conviction. 1845 Knickerbocker 25 106 He had heard that ‘actions speak louder than words’, and he acted. 1856 A. Lincoln Coll. Wks. (1953) II. 352 ‘Actions speak louder than words’ is the maxim. 1906 F. McCullagh With Cossacks 178 The gallant foreigner, who could not tell them how he sympathized with them, but whose actions spoke louder than words. 1979 T. Sharpe Wilt Alternative xxiii. 211 ‘Of course I do... How many times do I have to tell you?’‘Actions speak louder than words,’ retorted Eva. 1995 Washington Times 21 May b3 Actions speak louder than words, especially when individual property rights are at stake. < as lemmas |
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