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Eudora Thao
2021-03-14 08:03
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?
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.
