Definition of Jekyll and Hyde in English:
Jekyll and Hyde
nounˌdʒɛk(ə)l ən(d) ˈhʌɪd
usually as modifier Used in reference to a person or thing that alternately displays two different sides to their character or nature.
former colleagues said he was a Jekyll and Hyde character
a real Jekyll and Hyde side who can be brilliant one week and awful the next
he was a Jekyll and Hyde—a smart, ambitious student who had been accepted into West Point but had a dark side
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet there is a Jekyll and Hyde quality to this book.
- That's the thing about Edinburgh; it's almost become a cliché but it really is a Jekyll and Hyde city.
- In conversation, it's surprising how open he appears to be; until you realise that you've spent an evening with a Jekyll and Hyde character, and you're no closer to understanding what makes him tick.
- Living with a Jekyll and Hyde, forever walking on eggshells, is no way to live.
- York, pretty as a postcard, complete with genteel tearooms, but day to night can seem like a Jekyll and Hyde transformation.
- The club has displayed a Jekyll and Hyde personality.
- Kyles are a Jekyll and Hyde outfit: at home they are a match for most teams; away they have struggled to put out a quality side.
- The Gazette described us a Jekyll and Hyde side and that has summed us up exactly so far this season.
- Teenagers have a reputation for possessing something of a Jekyll and Hyde streak.
- Stirling produced a Jekyll and Hyde performance which left their supporters frustrated as well as dismayed.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Robert Louis Stevenson's story The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (see Jekyll, Dr).
Definition of Jekyll and Hyde in US English:
Jekyll and Hyde
nounˌdʒɛkəl (ə)n ˈhaɪdˌjekəl (ə)n ˈhīd
usually as modifier Used in reference to a person or thing that alternately displays two different sides to their character or nature.
former colleagues said he was a Jekyll and Hyde character
he was a Jekyll and Hyde—a smart, ambitious student who had a dark side
Example sentencesExamples
- The Gazette described us a Jekyll and Hyde side and that has summed us up exactly so far this season.
- Living with a Jekyll and Hyde, forever walking on eggshells, is no way to live.
- Stirling produced a Jekyll and Hyde performance which left their supporters frustrated as well as dismayed.
- Teenagers have a reputation for possessing something of a Jekyll and Hyde streak.
- York, pretty as a postcard, complete with genteel tearooms, but day to night can seem like a Jekyll and Hyde transformation.
- Yet there is a Jekyll and Hyde quality to this book.
- In conversation, it's surprising how open he appears to be; until you realise that you've spent an evening with a Jekyll and Hyde character, and you're no closer to understanding what makes him tick.
- That's the thing about Edinburgh; it's almost become a cliché but it really is a Jekyll and Hyde city.
- The club has displayed a Jekyll and Hyde personality.
- Kyles are a Jekyll and Hyde outfit: at home they are a match for most teams; away they have struggled to put out a quality side.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Robert Louis Stevenson's story The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (see Jekyll, Dr).