| 单词 | the wish is father to the thought |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe wish is father to the thought b. Proverb. the wish is father to the thought: an unexpressed desire gives rise to a thought or resolution. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 221 Thy wish was father (Harry,) to that thought. View more context for this quotation 1791 G. Rous Thoughts on Govt. (ed. 2) 17 I will not say, Edmund, thy wish is father to that thought! 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) I. 7 He..too often makes the wish father to the thought. 1934 C. S. Churchill Let. 22 Dec. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xvi. 365 I can't think how I read it wrong—I suppose the wish being father to the thought. 2009 Times 4 Feb. 11/1 In a Great Leap Forward, the wish is father to the thought. < as lemmas |
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