| 词组 | a Frankenstein's monster |
| 释义 | Idiom a Frankenstein's monster something that cannot be controlled and that attacks or destroys the person who invented it.Giving extra powers to the army turned it into a Frankenstein's monster that is now threatening to overthrow the ruling party. Frankenstein's monsterSomething that harms or destroys its creator and cannot be controlled. A reference to the monster in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. At first, my side business seemed like a good idea, but it has turned into Frankenstein's monster, eating away at my time and finances. Frankenstein's monstera thing that becomes terrifying or destructive to its maker.Frankenstein was the title of a novel written in 1818 by Mary Shelley . The scientist Frankenstein creates and brings to life a manlike monster which eventually turns on him and destroys him; Frankenstein is not the name of the monster itself, as is often assumed. 1991 John Kingdom Local Government & Politics in Britain The factories of the bourgeoisie had created another dangerous by-product, a Frankenstein's monster posing a constant sense of threat—the working class. |
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