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词组 be on the side of the angels
释义
Idiom
be on the side of the angels
someone who is on the side of the angels is doing something good or kind.
The aid agencies are the only people firmly on the side of the angels in this conflict.
idiombe on the side of the angelsused in order to say that someone is doing is good or morally right:"We're not the ones polluting the environment," insisted Mr Whelan, "we're on the side of the angels."About 100 students spent Saturday painting and cleaning a shelter for the homeless. College kids often make news in unwelcome ways, but these are on the side of the angels.

be on the side of the angels

To behave in a kind or charitable way, or to support such actions. With war tearing apart the country, being on the side of the angels can cost you your life.

be on the side of the ˈangels

having correct moral principles and behaving correctly: The policemen in Scobie’s crime novels are not always on the side of the angels.

on the side of the angels, to be

Supporting the good side. This expression comes from a speech by Benjamin Disraeli (1864) concerning the problems raised by Darwin’s theory that mankind is descended from apes: “The question is this: Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.” The phrase was later extended to mean siding with goodness and upholding the moral or spiritual view.
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