单词 | how many angels can stand (dance) on the head of a pin? |
释义 | how many angels can stand (dance) on the head of a pin?Scornful description of a tedious concern with irrelevant details; an allusion to religious controversies in the middle ages. In fact, the medieval argument was over how many angels could stand on the point of a pin. Words nearby how many angels can stand (dance) on the head of a pin?howlet, howling, howling success, Howlin' Wolf, howlround, how many angels can stand (dance) on the head of a pin?, Howrah, Howship's lacuna, how so?, howsoever, how's that The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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