单词 | mind over matter |
释义 | mind over matterWillpower can overcome physical obstacles, as in Margaret was determined to go to the wedding even on crutches—mind over matter. This idea was already expressed by Virgil in the Aeneid (c. 19 b.c.) as Mens agitat molem, “Mind moves matter,” and it appeared in various forms in English by 1700. Words nearby mind over mattermind of one's own, have a, mind one's own business, mind one's p's and q's, Mindoro, mind out, mind over matter, mind-pop, mind reader, mind reading, mindscape, mindset The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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