单词 | no angel |
释义 | > as lemmasno angel P4. no angel: (of a person) not a model of innocence, virtue, exemplary conduct, etc. Cf. sense 6a.Frequently used with implication of euphemism or understatement, esp. in later use. ΚΠ 1775 L. Goddard Jrnl. 29 Sept. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) i. 18 Miss B. proved herself no angel and we returned. 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall II. xii. 213 I am no angel and my corruption rises against it. 1912 Truth (Sydney) 21 July 3/4 I suppose you will admit as a police office that she is a notorious character? —I know she is no angel. 1945 A. Kober Parm Me 86 I'm no angel. I'm no better and I'm no worse than the average fella. 2018 Sun (Nexis) 8 Nov. (Features section) 11 Darren had been in jail and was no angel. < as lemmas |
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