英语词汇from the sublime to the ridiculous的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

from the sublime to the ridiculous. This very common ex- pression most often means from one extreme to the other, or from the noble to the ignoble. Sometimes it is heard, errone- ously, as from the ridiculous to the sublime. The phrase has been traced to English and American patriot Tom Paine, who wrote in The Age of Reason (1794–95): “The sublime and the ridicu- lous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sub- lime again.” Paine spent 11 months in prison in between the writing of the first two parts of his great book.

词汇	from the sublime to the ridiculous
词源	from the sublime to the ridiculous. This very common ex- pression most often means from one extreme to the other, or from the noble to the ignoble. Sometimes it is heard, errone- ously, as from the ridiculous to the sublime. The phrase has been traced to English and American patriot Tom Paine, who wrote in The Age of Reason (1794–95): “The sublime and the ridicu- lous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sub- lime again.” Paine spent 11 months in prison in between the writing of the first two parts of his great book.
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