单词 | to be a house divided |
释义 | > as lemmasto be a house divided (against itself) (b) to be a house divided (against itself): to be characterized by internal conflict or dissension (usually with the implication of resultant weakness, failure, etc.). ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. O2 This murder is a house deuided within it selfe: it subornes a mans owne soule to informe against him. 1786 in J. Curry Hist. & Crit. Rev. Civil Wars Ireland (new ed.) Pref. p. xxi Let us inquire into the causes why it is politic for Ireland to be divided: why it is moral to prevent population: how there is security in a house divided against itself. 1834 Shepherd 15 Nov. 89/2 The old man is twofold; he is a house divided; he is the two extremes in a state of opposition. 1870 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 15 ii. 660 An os refusing to expand, is about one of the most distressing complications in mid-wifery. It is a house divided against itself, a perilous antagonism. 1921 Psyche & Eros 2 No. 1 30 What ails the psycho-neurotic is that he is a dis-synchronised personality. He is at once infant and adult... He is a house divided against itself. 1958 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 286/2 The world is still where it was before—a house divided, with nations jealously maintaining their capacity for mutual destruction. 1989 J. Silva & R. B. Stone You Healer 196 This is a house divided against itself, with the left brain ‘editing’ the right brain and screening out most of its input. 2001 J. W. Doig Empire on Hudson iii. 59 The project was widely supported by city and state interests, although the fervid opposition from Queens served as a reminder that New York City was a house divided. < as lemmas |
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