| 单词 | to err in good company |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto err (be, etc.) in good company P4. in good company and variants. Used in phrases indicating that other respected or important people are in the same situation or have made the same mistake, as to err (be, etc.) in good company. ΚΠ 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxvi. 265 We are encouraged sometimes rather to erre in good company, then to goe right alone. 1689 S. Johnson Opinion Relig. & Rights Invaded 11 If they who hold the same Opinion be in an Error, they have erred with their Fathers, they have erred with the Church of England, and they have erred in good Company. 1746 J. Upton Crit. Observ. Shakespeare i. xv. 136 This be the fault of Shakespeare, 'twas no less the fault of Virgil and Horace; he errs in good company. 1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. Aug. 13/2 Though it was a disgrace to be seen drunk, yet it was none to be a little intoxicated in good company. 1838 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. Dec. 87 If the gentleman referred to, or we, are thus disgraced, it is in excellent company. 1888 M. Morris Claverhouse i. 6 In this respect at least Claverhouse sinned in good company. 1912 Proc. Amer. Polit. Sci. Assoc. 8th Ann. Meeting 126 The people of the western states may be making a mistake..; but if so they are making a mistake in good company. 1952 N.Y. Times 10 Mar. 23 If you have not made out your Federal income tax return yet, relax. You are in distinguished company. Neither has President Truman. 1999 V. Seth Equal Music (2000) v. 301 Julia feels that if someone like Claudio Arrau could go onto the stage without ever having played a note on the piano alloted to him, she is in good company. < as lemmas |
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