| 单词 | bitch goddess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbitch goddess bitch goddess n. (chiefly with the) material or worldly success, or (later) any greatly desired goal, personified as a cruel goddess to be worshipped. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > as a goddess bitch goddess1906 1906 W. James Let. 11 Sept. (1920) II. 260 A symptom of the moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess success. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover ix. 125 He realized now that the bitch-goddess of success had two main appetites: one for flattery, adulation, stroking and tickling such as writers and artists gave her; but the other a grimmer appetite for meat and bones. 1963 M. Schisgal Tiger in Typists & Tiger 102 That's all they think about. Money, the bitch-goddess! They're all after it. 2006 L. Roberts We'll always have Cleveland ii. 19 Progress, the bitch goddess, must be served, and the pitiless wrecking ball swings in Cleveland as often as anywhere else. 2014 C. D'Ambrosio Loitering iii. 282 A man making a Faustian pact with the bitch goddess Success to win back the love of a woman. < as lemmas |
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