| 释义 |
like a moth to the flameWith an irresistible attraction for someone or something: he drew women to him like moths to the flame...- He argued that as the British and Irish governments were transfixed by the peace process like a moth to the flame, the Sinn Fein leadership, playing by its own rules, benefited from the permanent instability.
- But (and here is the contradiction) simply by hating it, I am drawn to it like a moth to the flame.
- She felt like a moth to the flame, knowing that the more time she spent with him, the more battered her world would become.
See parent entry: moth |