from the sublime to the ridiculous
from something that is very good or veryseriousto something verybadorsilly:
从高尚到荒谬都有；从崇高到低俗都有Thedressesin thefashionshowwent/rangedfrom thesublimeto theridiculous.时装展上的作品良莠不齐。
Deteriorating and making worse
- add
- admin
- aggravate
- backslide
- be (all) downhillidiom
- debase
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devalue
- disintegrate
- dog
- one step forward, two steps backidiom
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- relapse
- retrograde
- worse
- worsen
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from the sublime to the ridiculous
In the animal kingdom, the experimental possibilities rangefromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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I am in a playful mood now because we have gonefromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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We movefromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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Let me for a moment passfromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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One can gofromthesublimetotheridiculousand down to 15, 14 and so on.
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The debate wentfromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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This is a parliamentary occasion, and in debates on such occasions we move quicklyfromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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However, it seems that it wentfromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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It is only one stepfromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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The regime goesfromthesublimetotheridiculous: for example, when it requires a policeman to cover his uniform to go into an off-licence.
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Fads are also by their nature at the extreme range of currently acceptable style, which means they commonly cross the linefromthesublimetotheridiculous.
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