sell

sell your soul (to the devil) do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong, in order to achieve your objective.

☞ The reference here is to a contract supposedly made with the devil by certain people: in return for granting them all their desires in this life, the devil would receive their souls for all eternity. The most famous person reputed to have entered into such a contract was the 16th-century German astronomer and necromancer Faust, who became the subject of plays by Goethe and Marlowe and a novel by Thomas Mann.

☞ For other idioms containing sell, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, sell someone a pup at pup).

词组	sell
释义	sell sell your soul (to the devil) do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong, in order to achieve your objective. ☞ The reference here is to a contract supposedly made with the devil by certain people: in return for granting them all their desires in this life, the devil would receive their souls for all eternity. The most famous person reputed to have entered into such a contract was the 16th-century German astronomer and necromancer Faust, who became the subject of plays by Goethe and Marlowe and a novel by Thomas Mann. ☞ For other idioms containing sell, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, sell someone a pup at pup).
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