beam

a beam in your eye a fault that is greater in yourself than in the person you are finding fault with.

☞ This phrase comes from Matthew 7:3: 'Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye?' Beam here means 'large piece of timber'. For a mote in someone's eye, seemote.

broad in the beam: seebroad.

off (or way off) beam on the wrong track; mistaken. informal

☞ Originally, this phrase referred to the radio beam or signal used to guide aircraft.

2004Dave WeedonBackword George Orwell wasn't wrong about much but he was way off beam with his famously jaundiced view of sport.

on your beam ends near the end of your resources; desperate.

☞ The beam referred to here is one of the main horizontal transverse timbers of a wooden ship; compare with broad in the beam (atbroad). The phrase originated as the nautical term on her beam ends, and was used of a ship that had heeled over on its side and was almost capsizing.

词组	beam
释义	beam a beam in your eye a fault that is greater in yourself than in the person you are finding fault with. ☞ This phrase comes from Matthew 7:3: 'Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye?' Beam here means 'large piece of timber'. For a mote in someone's eye, seemote. broad in the beam: seebroad. off (or way off) beam on the wrong track; mistaken. informal ☞ Originally, this phrase referred to the radio beam or signal used to guide aircraft. 2004Dave WeedonBackword George Orwell wasn't wrong about much but he was way off beam with his famously jaundiced view of sport. on your beam ends near the end of your resources; desperate. ☞ The beam referred to here is one of the main horizontal transverse timbers of a wooden ship; compare with broad in the beam (atbroad). The phrase originated as the nautical term on her beam ends, and was used of a ship that had heeled over on its side and was almost capsizing.
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