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is beneath contempt

Time: 2022-01-30 21:35:39 Author: ChinaWiki.net

is beneath contempt

It's not worth laughing at. Metaphors are worthless. It also means to scorn and sneer at something or behavior.

Idiom explanation

It's not worth a smile. Metaphors are worthless. It also means to scorn and sneer at something or behavior. It's not worth the same thing.

Idioms and allusions

[source]: in Wang Tao's on the strength of laughter in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "it's not worth laughing that people fight wildly, because the creation is subjective." Another anonymous letter was received, about several of which were absurd and not worth laughing at. The 21st chapter of popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan

Discrimination of words

Synonym: not worth the same thing usage: used as predicate and attribute; used to ridicule and scorn things

is beneath contempt


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