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Meaning of the measure of a man | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

That which shows the value of a person's life; one's non-monetary worth
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see measure, man.

Equivalents

日本語人間の尺度

Examples

“The measure of a family is indeed the measure of a man — and a woman ! What we need today in the twentieth - century church , as the Christians did in Crete , are more Christlike family models . This is especially true in a society[…]”

“We can more easily appreciate the correct measure of a man when Death , by removing him from our sight , paradoxically enables us to see him better . We can more readily comprehend the valor and gallantry of a man in battle when by the[…]”

“And what's in the heart defines the measure of a man”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

the mills of the gods grind slowly the moon on a stick the more things change, the more they stay the same the more you know the morning the nail that sticks out gets hammered down