| 单词 | from the sublime to the ridiculous |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrom the sublime to the ridiculous from the sublime to the ridiculous: from one extreme (esp. one characterized by lofty thoughts or noble actions) to the other.In the fuller form from the sublime to the ridiculous is but one step and variants, popularized by the comment of Napoleon on his retreat from Moscow (see the note in the main etymology). ΚΠ 1795 T. Paine Age of Reason (ed. 2) ii. 22 The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.] 1815 tr. Napoleon in Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 8 Nov. From the sublime to the ridiculous, there is only a step. 1833 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 749 From the sublime to the ridiculous—from the sepulchres of the dead to the booths of the Champs Elysees—it was but a step. 1866 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 410/2 From the life I had been leading at Cox's to a second-class passage to Paris was that step from the sublime to the ridiculous which I did not wish to be seen taking. 1918 A. Huxley Let. 30 Oct. (1969) 168 Fifty boys come in and demand to have their essays looked over and my mind is switched off from the sublime to the ridiculous. 1974 W. Foley Child in Forest 66 The audience was obviously highly impressed, but now we fell from the sublime to the ridiculous, for it was my turn! 2006 M. Leier Bakunin ix. 150 The Pre-Parliament quickly moved from the sublime to the ridiculous, ending up as little more than a talking society. < as lemmas |
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