| 单词 | to reverse the medal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto reverse the medal 4. to reverse the medal and variants [compare French la médaille est renversée (1680)] : to show something contradictory or contrasting; to see the other side to a story, etc. the reverse of the medal [compare Italian il rovescio della medaglia (a1543), French le revers de la médaille (1640)] : a contradictory or contrasting point of view, account, etc.; the other side to a story, etc.; cf. the other side of the coin at side n.1 Phrases 3c(c). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] > contradictory point elencha1529 counterpoint1565 destructory1621 destructive1640 the reverse of the medalc1660 elenchus1663 backfall1838 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 29 The Medaill was turning, and our calamities but yet in their infancy. 1690 Dial. in Harleian Misc. (1812) IX. 455 To show you the reverse of the medal. Is it not a pity that [etc.]. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 195 Then for the reverse of the medal, you have Mr. Christie's Notes on Brazilian Questions. ?1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. ii. 42 I have listened to Linda Thorne's verdict on you. Now for the reverse of the medal. What do you think of Linda Thorne? 1900 Living Age 29 Sept. 814/1 Reversing the medal, let us give Dibdin his due as an admirable song writer. 1997 Farmers Guardian 19 Sept. 9/8 The ‘reverse of the medal’ was the high administrative burden and large economic rents associated with production rights. < as lemmas |
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