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Eudora Thao
2021-02-23 08:02
A countenance more in sorrow than in anger British literary phrase
This phrase is often shortened to "more in sorrow than in anger".
Somebody’s facial expression is displaying sadness rather than anger.
When he realized that his friend had stolen his wallet, he was more in sorrow than in anger.
He spoke more in sorrow than in anger about this misapprehension.
The expression came from Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1602. Horatio depicts to Hamlet the appearance of his father's ghost.
Hamlet: What, look'd he frowningly?
Horatio: A countenance more in sorrow than in anger.
Do you see anything wrong?
The inexplicable or concealed place or state indicates the afterlife.
I'm very sorry for your dad. He's beyond the veil.
