If the sentence “I must be cruel to be kind” were not such a well known and well used idiom it would seem very strange. On the face of it, the phrase is a contradiction that doesn’t appear to make sense. The expression has become an idiom, something a father may say to a teen...
Don't Be Cruel" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell in 1956.[1] It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2004, it was listed #197 in Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is currently ranked as the 92nd...
b. Cruel, spiteful, or malicious: a mean boy who liked to make fun of others. c. Expressing spite or malice: gave me a mean look. d. Tending toward or characterized by cruelty or violence: mean streets. e. Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable: the meanest storm in years. 2. Ignoble;...
Other people had tried very hard, from time to time, to work out some kind of far-fetched connection with Miss Amelia, but with absolutely no success. The hunchback went into a long rigmarole, mentioning names and places that were unknown to the listeners on the porch and seemed to have ...
2. What is the meaning of “wallet's health” in Paragraph 2? A.Cycling saves money. B.Cycling wastes money. C.Cycling keeps your wallet safe.3. Why is cycling good for the environment? A.It burns extra body fat. B.It is easy to lock a bicycle. C.It helps reduce carbon foot...
Much meaning can be conveyed clearly with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of (1) ? In a bus you may look at a (2) , but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at, he may feel (3) . It is (4) in daily ...
However, it may not be so easy to know exactly what is right or wrong sometimes. For example, some people choose not to eat meat because they believe that it is cruel(残忍的)to eat animals, but others argue that they can eat meat and still be kind to animals; some believe that steal...
Especially as one adult daughter kept asking her mom to calm down, calm down, Mom. Imagining the mind, the life, of the person in line who spoke up first, and the next. The young cashier, trying to be as kind as possible, not wanting confrontation, conflict. Telling the family they’...
aIf you are cruel to animals, you are not likely to be kind and thoughtful to men; and if you are thoughtful towards men, you are not likely to be cruel and thoughtless towards animals.This is why the wise man of old wrote, “The merciful(仁慈的) man is merciful to his beast.” ...
A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. — Franklin D. Roosevelt 306 Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. — Plato 294 Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it. ...