单词 | what the eye does not see |
释义 | > as lemmaswhat the eye does not see b. what the eye does not see the heart does not grieve (over) and variants: if one is unaware of an unpleasant fact or situation, one cannot be troubled by it; also in shortened form what the eye does not see. [Compare post-classical Latin vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus cor non dolet (12th cent.); Middle French car on dit que ce que on ne voit au cueur ne deult (early 14th cent.).] ΚΠ a1300 in B. J. Whiting Prov., Sentences, & Proverbial Phrases (1968) 167 (MED) That einen ne sen, herte ne reut [L. tristatur]. a1325 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Cambr.) xxvi, in Anglia (1881) 4 187 (MED) Þat eie ne seth, herte ne mournit. a1475 in Anglia (1911) 34 261 (MED) That the ey seith, the hert doith rewe. 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. xiii That the eye seeth not, ye hart rueth not. 1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. D2 What the eie sees not Phulomela neuer hurteth the heart. 1631 T. Matthew tr. A. Rodríguez Stoope Gallant 204 And from hence the Prouerbe came that which the eyes see not, the hart rues not. 1667 T. Vincent Christ's Appearance to Judgment xiii. 250 That which the eye seeth not, the heart wil not, cannot be affected withal. 1763 J. G. Delpino Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Ver What the eyes do not see, the heart does not feel. 1834 Museum Dec. 609/2 If he err for a moment, he will be too discreet to let his wife know it; and ‘what the eyes don't see, the heart cannot grieve at’. 1891 Manch. Guardian 21 Nov. 5/7 There is a good deal of truth in the saying that what the eye does not see the heart does not feel, or we should suffer many qualms as we sat down to our joint of mutton or beef. 1923 N. Anderson Hobo iii. 35 I don't allow myself to see things, and as long as the eyes don't see the heart grieves not. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Nov. g1 I kept my career going in the Army while I began to free-lance in London. It was illegal, strictly speaking, but it went unnoticed, and what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve over. 2013 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 1 Oct. 26 Cover with mulch and you can't see that the pieces of wood don't match. What the eye doesn't see... < as lemmas |
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