| 单词 | more sinned against than sinning |
| 释义 | Idioms and Phrases with more sinned against than sinningmore sinned against than sinning Less guilty than those who have injured one, as in It's true she took the money but they did owe her quite a bit—in a way she's more sinned against than sinning. This expression comes from Shakespeare's King Lear (3:2), where the King, on the heath during a storm, so describes his plight. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. more sinned against than sinningAn expression used of those who, though they may be guilty of wrongdoing, think themselves the victim of a more serious wrong. From William Shakespeare's King Lear. Words nearby more sinned against than sinningmorepork, more power to someone, Morera's theorem, mores, Moresco, more sinned against than sinning, more sol., Moresque, more than meets the eye, more than one bargained for, more than one can shake a stick at 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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