An opera followed by a Mr. Muscle contest is going from the sublime to the ridiculous!
English Idioms & idiomatic expressions. 2014.
Sublime to the Ridiculous — is an album by the band Sheer Greed. Track listing # First To Admit # Everybody Wants # Blue Favours # War Baby # No Way Out # Let Me Down Gently # Ritas Dirty Hideaway # I Ain t Afraid # Dying Inside # No Fun # Baby Get s Kix # Hollywood Tease… … Wikipedia
sublime — [[t]səbla͟ɪm[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (approval) If you describe something as sublime, you mean that it has a wonderful quality that affects you deeply. [LITERARY] Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie … English dictionary
sublime — 1 adjective 1 excellent in a way that makes you feel extremely happy: We had a sublime view over the Mediterranean. 2 not caring or thinking at all about the result of your actions: sublime insensitivity to other people s feelings sublimely… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sublime — sub|lime1 [səˈblaım] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: sublimis raised above the ordinary , from limen doorstep, threshold ] 1.) something that is sublime is so good or beautiful that it affects you deeply ▪ The view was sublime. ▪ Her songs … Dictionary of contemporary English
sublime, the — sub|lime, the [ sə blaım ] noun FORMAL something that is extremely good or beautiful: Her dancing approached the sublime. from the sublime to the ridiculous used when talking about a change from something extremely good or important to something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ridiculous — see from the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step … Proverbs new dictionary
sublime — see from the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step … Proverbs new dictionary
from the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step — In this form, from a remark made by Napoleon to the Polish ambassador De Pradt (D. G. De Pradt Histoire de l’Ambassade (1815) 215), following the retreat from Moscow in 1812: Du sublime au ridicule il n’y a qu’un pas, there is only one step from… … Proverbs new dictionary
One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime… — One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again. См. От великого до смешного один шаг … Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
the sublime — UK [səˈblaɪm] US noun formal something that is extremely good or beautiful Her dancing approached the sublime. Thesaurus: something or someone that is good or very goodsynonym Phrase: from the sublime to the ridiculous * * * … Useful english dictionary
