| 释义 |
ˈfind-fault Obs. exc. dial.
[f. find v. + fault n.]
One who finds fault (see fault n. 6); a fault-finder, censorious person.
1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 17 Frantike findefaults, dispraysing and condemning euery good endeauour. 1656Trapp Comm. Matt. vii. 4 Hypocritical find-faults, that can say such things to others, when themselves are most obnoxious. 1863G. Melly Sp. Soirée L'pool Co-op. Assoc. 17 Feb., We have a good old Lancashire saying, that one mend-fault is better than nine find-faults.
attrib.1598Florio, Cacafiori, a vaine, self-conceited, others-scorning, find-fault foole. |