(the ridiculous)
1The Ridiculous Wishes — or The Three Ridiculous Wishes is a French literary fairy tale by Charles Perrault.ynopsisA woodcutter complained of his poor lot. Jupiter (or, alternatively, a tree spirit) granted him three wishes. The woodcutter went home, and his wife… …
2Playhouse of the Ridiculous — The Playhouse of the Ridiculous was a New York City theatre presenting works produced and directed by John Vaccaro and Charles Ludlam. Both men are credited with the invention of the Theatre of the Ridiculous , a school of extreme theatre that… …
3from 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… …
4One 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 …
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5from the sublime to the ridiculous — If something declines considerably in quality or importance, it is said to have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous …
6from the sublime to the ridiculous — phrase used when talking about a change from something extremely good or important to something silly and not important Thesaurus: words used to describe changeshyponym to change somethingsynonym Main entry: sublime * * * from the sublime to the… …
7from the sublime to the ridiculous — from something that is very good or very serious to something that is very bad or silly. The evening went from the sublime to the ridiculous, an hour long piano recital followed by two hours of karaoke …
8from the sublime to the ridiculous — If something declines considerably in quality or importance, it is said to have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
9from the ridiculous to the sublime — See: from the sublime to the ridiculous …
10From the sublime to the ridiculous — If something declines considerably in quality or importance, it is said to have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous …
