单词 | to look on the dark side |
释义 | > as lemmasto look on the dark (or black, gloomy, etc.) side (ii) to look on the dark (or black, gloomy, etc.) side: to be pessimistic or miserable. ΚΠ 1790 C. Moore Full Inq. Suicide I. ii. iv. 59 Why should he look on the dark side only, and yield to every gloomy and melancholic impression? 1832 Missionary Herald (Boston) Sept. 308/1 Having rather a propensity to look on the dark side. 1856 Peterson's Mag. Oct. 248/1 A cold stormy night... And one to make a man fear evil things—have strange fancies, and look on the gloomy side. 1915 Sun (Baltimore) 20 June iv. 5/2 You must not look on the black side like that. 1973 Financial Times 17 Nov. 17/8 Still, that's looking on the bleak side. 2010 C. Young Help Yourself towards Mental Health 150 You constantly look on the dark side. < as lemmas |
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