单词 | thief in the night, like a |
释义 | thief in the night, like aAccording to the epistle to the Thessalonians in the New Testament, the “day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.” notes for thief in the night, like aBy extension, “like a thief in the night” means to appear or arrive swiftly and stealthily: “This disease is like a thief in the night, stealing the thoughts and dreams of the elderly.” Words nearby thief in the night, like athick-skulled, thick-tailed ray, thick-witted, thief, thief ant, thief in the night, like a, thief, thieves, thiemia, thienylalanine, Thiers, thiethylperazine maleate The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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