释义 |
dust and ashesUsed to convey a feeling of great disappointment or disillusion about something: the party would be dust and ashes if he couldn’t come...- A book may safely age, and so it matters not a jot if one waits another year to read it; try it now, 'tis dust and ashes, wait a year, it is a feast, with table settings and all.
- If he were able to remember - really remember - that voice, he would hunger only to hear it once more, and its perfection would turn all other voices, all other music, to dust and ashes in his mouth.
- I'm glad, it seems so wrong to think of them lying side by side, even though I know there's nothing left of them but dust and ashes.
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