| 单词 | truth lies at the bottom of a deep well |
| 释义 | > as lemmastruth lies at the bottom of a deep well c. truth lies at the bottom of a deep well and variants. ΚΠ 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 181 If Truth, as Democritus fansied, lies at the bottom of a deep Well. 1779 London Mag. Aug. 373/2 The dedication to the Lord Chancellor is a piece of decent witty irony, and truth lies at the bottom of the well. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxii. 323 He tried a glass of grog; but melancholy truth was at the bottom of that well, and he couldn't finish it. 1888 J. M. Cobban By Telegraph iv The depth of the well at the bottom of which truth is hid was nothing to the unfathomableness of his designs. 1917 J. Conrad Shadow-line i. 42 At last the watch came up from the deep pocket like solid truth from a well. 2001 Times (Nexis) 31 Oct. Truth may be found at the bottom of the well, but there was no well in London deep enough for that commodity. < as lemmas |
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