| 单词 | to live in a fool's paradise |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto live in a fool's paradise 1. A state of illusory happiness or good fortune; happiness based on false hopes or anticipations. Now frequently in to live in a fool's paradise (esp. in progressive, as in they are living in a fool's paradise). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] > illusory happiness fool's paradise1462 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > concerning good life fool's paradise1462 wealth-fantasy1940 vie en rose1957 1462 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 167 I wold nat be in a folis paradyce. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 693 For lewed hope is folys paradyse. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. f vi Thus my lady not very wyse, Is brought in-to foles paradyse. 1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara iv. 286 Thus was that old experienc'd Turn-key of villany brought into a Fool's paradise. a1770 G. Whitefield Serm. (1771) ii. 44 After you have been driven out of one fool's paradise, you may retreat into another. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 319 You have been revelling in a fool's paradise of leisure. 1945 A. Ginsberg Let. 4 Sept. (2008) 13 Realizing that art was..merely an escape, a fool's paradise. 2018 Early Times (India) (Nexis) 22 May The state government is still living in a fool's paradise by not taking the matter seriously. < as lemmas |
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