| 单词 | opportunity makes a thief |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopportunity makes a (also the) thief P1. [Compare Middle French aise fait le larron (late 15th cent.).] Proverb. opportunity makes a (also the) thief. ΚΠ c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 230 (MED) Me seið þet eise makeð þeof.] ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 379 At the laste the bischop seide to hym, ‘Me thenke that oportunite makethe a thefe.’ 1598 F. Bacon Let. in Cabala (1654) ii. 44 The Garrisons to be instantly provided for; For opportunity makes a thief. 1700 J. Collier Second Def. Short View Eng. Stage 37 Opportunity makes a Thief; the Temptation rises upon sight. 1855 N. Roussel Catholic & Protestant Nations Compared II. 12 It frequently happens that when strangers pass a night.., two or three ruffians prepare an ambuscade..: opportunity makes the thief. 1926 S. D. Porteus & M. E. Babcock Temperam. & Race 272 We may readily concede that opportunity makes the thief, but not that opportunity makes the genius. 1991 J. Huer Wages of Sin 121 Opportunity makes a thief, and in a land of opportunities all are thieves. < as lemmas |
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