| 单词 | out-herod |
| 例句 | They are bad copies of the Spaniards, whose failings they imitate and out-herod till they become odious vices. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z There are schools, and their patrons think them excellent, which out-herod Herod in their slaughter of the Innocents. The Voice and Spiritual Education To keep up her character she will out-herod Herod. Vivian Grey We imitate them, and out-herod Herod, but we are never like them. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger In the Crucifixion play Herod is a prankish kind of tyrant who leaves the stage to rant among the audience; so that to "out-herod Herod" became a common proverb. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World |
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