单词 | the unkindest cut |
释义 | > as lemmasthe unkindest cut (of all) the unkindest cut (of all) and variants: the most damaging or hurtful thing that can be done or said; the cruellest blow.Chiefly after Shakespeare's use (see quot. a1616). ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 181 This was the most vnkindest cut of all. View more context for this quotation 1810 Emerald 24 Nov. 42 Sometimes I am a church-steeple, this is the ‘unkindest cut of all’, for my naturally timid disposition makes me..averse to hazardous heights. 1811 C. Lamb in Reflector 1 ii. 383 The women began to shun me—this was the unkindest blow of all. 1885 Virginia Univ. Mag. May 474 Their works have been passed over as not worthy of the time and trouble of analysis, which..is the most cruel and mordant of all unkindest cuts. 1921 Times 17 Oct. 15/3 Then came, perhaps, the unkindest cut of all, from Bradford's point of view—a try scored by Blakiston from a flagrantly forward pass. 1985 Illustr. London News Sept. 78/3 What is often the unkindest bruit of all is the ubiquitous use of wallpaper music or muzak in the foyer. 2003 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 29 579 The unkindest cut of all was that she herself was accused of helping to bring about much of the suffering of the Zulu people. < as lemmas |
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