| 单词 | i am what i am |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI am what (also that) I am d. I am what (also that) I am: ‘this is my true nature and character’ (implying unwillingness or inability to change and the requirement that others accept this). Similarly we are what we are, etc.Probably with allusion to 1 Corinthians 15:9–10, ‘For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am’ (King James Bible). ΚΠ 1615 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Cupids Revenge iv. sig. I3 I am what I am, and they that proue me, shall finde me to their cost. a1663 Viscount Falkland Mariage Night (1664) iv. 40 I am, what I am: but I was never beholding to any living thing for thus—much wit. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Rafael iv. 18 ‘We have no papers,’ answered the man doggedly. ‘We are what we are—free travellers of the waves!’ 1891 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray ix. 164 Don't leave me, Basil, and don't quarrel with me. I am what I am. There is nothing more to be said. 1924 J. C. Farrar Literary Spotlight vii. 78 She has a proud maxim : ‘I am that I am.’ Yes, she is what she is. 1972 J. Speight Till Death us do Part: Scripts (1973) 107 I'm not going around putting on no side—I am what I am, an' that's what I'm gonna be. 2003 Attitude Dec. 70/1 I am what I am. I'm not into fashion or dressing up or the queeny scene. That isn't me and never has been. < as lemmas |
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