take the shadow for the substance

dated To accept something false, deceitful, shallow, or insubstantial in place of something true, meaningful, or valuable. (Said especially in religious lectures or sermons about shunning or being led away from faith or the dictates of the church.) In today's modern, materialistic world, it is all too easy to take the shadow for the substance.

词组	take the shadow for the substance
释义	take the shadow for the substance take the shadow for the substance dated To accept something false, deceitful, shallow, or insubstantial in place of something true, meaningful, or valuable. (Said especially in religious lectures or sermons about shunning or being led away from faith or the dictates of the church.) In today's modern, materialistic world, it is all too easy to take the shadow for the substance. See also: shadow, substance, take Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush a/the feel of (something) (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you a straw will show which way the wind blows a crack at (someone or something) all right (you) wanna make something of it? all for the best a thing of the past a slew of (something)
随便看	run game on (someone) run head against a brick wall run high run hot and cold run in run in circles run in (one's) blood run in place run interference run in the blood run in the blood/family, to run in the family run in the/(one's) family run into run into a brick wall run into a stone wall run into debt run into (someone, something, or some place) run into the ground run into the sand run it down run it down for (one) run it down (to one) run its course run its course, to