单词 | anvil chorus |
释义 | > as lemmasanvil chorus anvil chorus n. an insistent clamour, esp. of criticism; a group of noisy critics. [So called with allusion to the Anvil Chorus from Verdi's opera Il Trovatore (1853), in which the striking of anvils is represented by percussive effects (compare quot. 1853 at sense 1b).] ΚΠ 1859 O. W. Holmes in Liberator (Boston) 4 Feb. 20/1 Whose ringing lay of friendship blends With Labor's anvil chorus? 1951 E. Kefauver Crime in Amer. i. 8 Already critics were playing the anvil chorus—some on the floor of the Senate and some in the public press—to the tune that our investigation would be a ‘whitewash’. 2010 R. R. M. Verchick Facing Catastrophe iv. 74 Soon after a draft of the Comprehensive Plan was released, it was met with an anvil chorus of criticism. < as lemmas |
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