| 单词 | nobody's enemy but one's own |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to be) nobody's enemy but one's own e. (to be) nobody's enemy but one's own: (to be) responsible only for one's own misfortunes. ΚΠ 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. H2 I thinke him an honest man if he would but liue within his compasse, and generally no mannes foe but his owne.] 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 21/1 He is no mans enemy but his owne. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 265 I had been no Body's Enemy but my own. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons II. xiii. iv. 325 Guy Bolding, with all his faults, was one of those excellent creatures who are nobody's enemies but their own. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xxv. 263 He is quite a good fellow—nobody's enemy but his own. < as lemmas |
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