| 单词 | time heals all wounds |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime heals all wounds b. In various proverbial phrases expressing the concept that the passing of time has a healing effect, usually with regard to emotional or mental suffering rather than physical injury, as time heals all wounds, time is a great healer, etc. [Compare Hellenistic Greek πάντων ἰατρὸς τῶν ἀναγκαίων κακῶν χρόνος ἐστίν ‘time is the healer of all necessary evils’ (Menander Fragments 677 (Kock)).] ΚΠ a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 350 And for þey kan a tyme of sorwe endure As tyme hem hurt, a tyme doth hem cure. 1597 N. Ling Politeuphuia: Wits Common Wealth f. 59v Time heales the torments of disquiet mind. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman iv. 33 Time, the Phisition of all. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xxiii. 300 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) At the long Run, Time Cures All. 1769 S. Gunning Hermit I. v. 29 Time, that kind healer of woes. 1812 R. Chevenix Mantuan Revels ii. i, in Two Plays 41 Time heals all wounds that are not cureless quite. 1851 Knickerbocker July 83 They say that Time is a great healer of wounds, and consoler of grief. 1913 Calif. Outlook 6 Dec. 8/2 It is said that time cures all things, and it is our belief that time will cure even this difficult situation. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men i. 12 They say time's a great healer. 2003 Irish Tatler Aug. 105/3 There are no hard and fast rules for how to deal with being suddenly single, but there is one certainty: time heals all wounds. < as lemmas |
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