英语词汇“sackcloth and ashes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sackcloth and ashes

Used with allusion to the wearing of sackcloth and having ashes sprinkled on the head as a sign of penitence or mourning (Matt 11:21): they should, at least, be wearing sackcloth and ashes in token penance of the wrongs committed...

Even Fischer, who has faced most criticism, has meekly put on sackcloth and ashes and done penitence.
We are the generation, along with our fathers and mothers, who put on the sackcloth and ashes, who wore the hair shirt, who stoically suffered penal taxes, who went without so that the future generations might have a better quality of life.
That debacle was quite some time ago - we can't wear sackcloth and ashes forever.

Synonyms

penitent, contrite, regretful, full of regret, sorrowful, rueful, remorseful, apologetic, conscience-stricken, ashamed, guilt-ridden, chastened, shamefaced, self-reproachful, guilty

rare compunctious

See parent entry: sackcloth

单词	sackcloth and ashes
释义	sackcloth and ashes Used with allusion to the wearing of sackcloth and having ashes sprinkled on the head as a sign of penitence or mourning (Matt 11:21): they should, at least, be wearing sackcloth and ashes in token penance of the wrongs committed... Even Fischer, who has faced most criticism, has meekly put on sackcloth and ashes and done penitence. We are the generation, along with our fathers and mothers, who put on the sackcloth and ashes, who wore the hair shirt, who stoically suffered penal taxes, who went without so that the future generations might have a better quality of life. That debacle was quite some time ago - we can't wear sackcloth and ashes forever. Synonyms penitent, contrite, regretful, full of regret, sorrowful, rueful, remorseful, apologetic, conscience-stricken, ashamed, guilt-ridden, chastened, shamefaced, self-reproachful, guilty rare compunctious See parent entry: sackcloth
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