英语词汇“the devil is not so black as he is painted”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. to paint the devil blacker than he is and variants: to portray a person or thing as even worse than he, she, or it is. Similarly the devil is not so black as he is painted. Cf. not so black as he is painted at paint v.¹ 4b.For similes such as as black as the devil, see (as) —— as the devil at Phrases 2b. [Compare Middle French, French n'être pas si diable qu'on est noir (of a person) not to be as bad as one seems, lit. ‘not to be as (much of a) devil as one is black’ (a1472).]

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a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxii. sig. T.i Some say in sporte, and thinke in earnest, the deuil is not so blacke as he is painted.

1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. H3 Diuels are not so blacke as they be painted..nor women so wayward as they seeme.

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xiv. 180 For the Devill is not so black as he is painted, no more are these Noble Nations and Townes as they are tainted.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 271 They use their Adversary according to the Proverb, painting the Devill blacker then he is.

1711 D. Defoe Eleven Opinions 87 From which cool thinking it presently recurr'd, that the Devil was not so black as he was painted.

1780 S. Lee Chapter of Accidents v. 87 Why paint the devil blacker than he is?

1837 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. I. 226 That the Devil of Charles X could be painted blacker than his complexion would prove.

1893 Athenæum 14 Oct. 516/2 In canto 22 Mr. Musgrave paints the devil blacker than he is painted by Dante.

1916 Scotsman 5 Oct. 2/2 This is but another case where the devil is actually not so black as he is painted.

1965 Winnipeg Free Press 23 Feb. 6/5 They believe..that all this is not so wicked and that the Devil is not so black as he is painted.

2014 BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union (Nexis) 15 Dec. The devil is not as black as he is painted, this oligarch of ours.

单词	the devil is not so black as he is painted
释义	> as lemmas the devil is not so black as he is painted f. to paint the devil blacker than he is and variants: to portray a person or thing as even worse than he, she, or it is. Similarly the devil is not so black as he is painted. Cf. not so black as he is painted at paint v.¹ 4b.For similes such as as black as the devil, see (as) —— as the devil at Phrases 2b. [Compare Middle French, French n'être pas si diable qu'on est noir (of a person) not to be as bad as one seems, lit. ‘not to be as (much of a) devil as one is black’ (a1472).] ΚΠ a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xxii. sig. T.i Some say in sporte, and thinke in earnest, the deuil is not so blacke as he is painted. 1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. H3 Diuels are not so blacke as they be painted..nor women so wayward as they seeme. 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xiv. 180 For the Devill is not so black as he is painted, no more are these Noble Nations and Townes as they are tainted. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 271 They use their Adversary according to the Proverb, painting the Devill blacker then he is. 1711 D. Defoe Eleven Opinions 87 From which cool thinking it presently recurr'd, that the Devil was not so black as he was painted. 1780 S. Lee Chapter of Accidents v. 87 Why paint the devil blacker than he is? 1837 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. I. 226 That the Devil of Charles X could be painted blacker than his complexion would prove. 1893 Athenæum 14 Oct. 516/2 In canto 22 Mr. Musgrave paints the devil blacker than he is painted by Dante. 1916 Scotsman 5 Oct. 2/2 This is but another case where the devil is actually not so black as he is painted. 1965 Winnipeg Free Press 23 Feb. 6/5 They believe..that all this is not so wicked and that the Devil is not so black as he is painted. 2014 BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union (Nexis) 15 Dec. The devil is not as black as he is painted, this oligarch of ours. extracted from deviln. < as lemmas
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