英语词汇“to preach to the choir”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. intransitive. to preach to the converted and variants: to advocate something to people who already share one's convictions about its merits or importance. Also (originally and chiefly U.S.) to preach to the choir.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort on something futile

to shoe the goose14..

to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens1548

to break, crush, a fly upon the wheel1606

to carry coals to Newcastlea1614

to bang (also run, bash, etc.) one's head against a brick wall1689

to preach to the converted1857

to be on a hiding to nothing1905

to chase one's tail1963

1857 Times 6 Nov. 7/4 It is an old saying that to preach to the converted is a useless office, and I may add that to preach to the unconvertible is a thankless office.

1867 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. (ed. 3) xiv. 319 Dr. M'Cosh is preaching not only to a person already converted, but to an actual missionary of the same doctrine.

1916 G. Saintsbury Peace of Augustans iii. 144 One may be said to be preaching to the converted and kicking at open doors in praising..the four great novelists of the eighteenth century.

1970 Washington Post 24 Sept. a27/2 Foster spoke yesterday before a packed Air Force Association seminar... Admitting that this was like ‘preaching to the choir’, he nevertheless went on to detail a rather gloomy view of declining U.S. defense capabilities.

1987 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 28 June e2/1 The people behind some ‘Say No to Drugs’ programs admit they often draw a clean-cut crowd and may be preaching to the choir.

1996 Market Trader & Shopkeeper 11 Oct. 6/3 After the meeting I could not help thinking how easy it was to preach to the converted.

单词	to preach to the choir
释义	> as lemmas to preach to the choir c. intransitive. to preach to the converted and variants: to advocate something to people who already share one's convictions about its merits or importance. Also (originally and chiefly U.S.) to preach to the choir. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort on something futile to shoe the goose14.. to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens1548 to break, crush, a fly upon the wheel1606 to carry coals to Newcastlea1614 to bang (also run, bash, etc.) one's head against a brick wall1689 to preach to the converted1857 to be on a hiding to nothing1905 to chase one's tail1963 1857 Times 6 Nov. 7/4 It is an old saying that to preach to the converted is a useless office, and I may add that to preach to the unconvertible is a thankless office. 1867 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. (ed. 3) xiv. 319 Dr. M'Cosh is preaching not only to a person already converted, but to an actual missionary of the same doctrine. 1916 G. Saintsbury Peace of Augustans iii. 144 One may be said to be preaching to the converted and kicking at open doors in praising..the four great novelists of the eighteenth century. 1970 Washington Post 24 Sept. a27/2 Foster spoke yesterday before a packed Air Force Association seminar... Admitting that this was like ‘preaching to the choir’, he nevertheless went on to detail a rather gloomy view of declining U.S. defense capabilities. 1987 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 28 June e2/1 The people behind some ‘Say No to Drugs’ programs admit they often draw a clean-cut crowd and may be preaching to the choir. 1996 Market Trader & Shopkeeper 11 Oct. 6/3 After the meeting I could not help thinking how easy it was to preach to the converted. extracted from preachv. < as lemmas
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