单词 | to rush in where angels fear to tread |
释义 | > as lemmasto rush in where angels fear to tread P1. to rush in where angels fear to tread: to embark enthusiastically on a course of action that most sensible people would avoid; originally in fools rush in where angels fear to tread (see quot. 1711). ΚΠ 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 36 For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread. 1756 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos. (ed. 3) ii. 148 But presumptuous man knows not when to stop. He would penetrate even to the Arcana of the Godhead. ‘For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.’ 1849 N. Wales Chron. 1 May Others again forget themselves and their position, ‘rushing in where angels fear to tread’. 1876 Addr. & Jrnl. Proc. National Educ. Assoc. U.S. 1875 54 Mistakes have also been made by the enthusiastic and inexperienced of the pupils, who have ‘rushed in where angels fear to tread’. 1932 A. Huxley Let. 15 Oct. (1969) 364 The stupid woman is embarking on legal proceedings..she rushes in where angels fear to tread. 1957 ‘Miss Read’ Village Diary 167 Rushing in where angels fear to tread, I said I thought that Raleigh had something to do with bringing potatoes back from America. 2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Feb. r6/1 The history of Hollywood film is littered with the ungainly residue of those who have rushed in where angels fear to tread. < as lemmas |
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