| 单词 | revenge is a dish best served cold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrevenge is a dish best served cold P4. In phrases in which the postponement of revenge is likened to the eating of a cold dish. Now usually in revenge is a dish best served cold and variants: vengeance is more satisfying when exacted in cold blood. [In quot. 1885 after German das Gericht der Revanche kalt zu essen (1884 in the passage alluded to).] ΚΠ 1871 A. S. Stephens Palaces & Prisons cv. 564 ‘Revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold.’ It can be locked up there, and I can wait. 1885 C. Lowe Prince Bismarck I. iv. 146 He had defended Olmütz, it is true, but only from motives of immediate policy, and with a secret resolution to ‘eat the dish of his revenge cold instead of hot’. 1918 N.Y. Times 1 July 2/4 Reprisals on Mayence and Cologne can wait. Revenge is a dish which is very good eating when cold. 1969 M. Puzo Godfather vii. xxviii. 404 Don Corleone nodded. ‘Revenge is a dish that tastes best when it is cold,’ he said. 1982 V. N. McIntyre Star Trek II 108 Kirk, old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb, ‘Revenge is a dish best served cold’? 1999 F. Dettori in Racing Post (Nexis) 8 Nov. 3 Revenge is a plate best served cold and today mine is freezing. I'm glad to put the ghost of Swain behind me after last year. 2007 B. Lyga Boy Toy 76 Five years is a long time to wait, even if you think revenge is a dish best served cold. < as lemmas |
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