单词 | from the sublime to the ridiculous |
释义 | from the sublime to the ridiculous From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfrom the sublime to the ridiculousfrom the sublime to the ridiculousSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLEused to say that a serious and important thing or event is being followed by something very silly, unimportant, or bad → sublimeExamples from the Corpusfrom the sublime to the ridiculous• After due consideration she decided to go from the sublime to the ridiculous.• Chelsea's capacity for lurching from the sublime to the ridiculous is a tradition.• Constructed layer by layer, Ostrowski's canvases range from the sublime to the ridiculous, presenting many paradoxes in the process.• His paintings range from the sublime to the ridiculous. |
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