Meaning of hold a mirror up to | Babel Free
Definitions
Forma verbal. Verb. [C2]
Examples
“To hold as ’twere the mirror up to nature.”
“There are so many times when someone needs to hold a mirror up to the face of the Church...”
“Just as the Sphinx presented a paradigm of self-reference to hold a mirror up to Oedipus, the myth of Oedipus also holds a mirror up to us as witnesses.”
“Catherine used comedy to hold a mirror up to her people, to expose and therefore correct the problems of her society.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.