a rose by any other name would smell as sweet

釋義

1. 玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故；名稱並不是重要的東西

   what is important is what people or things are, not what they are called

電影裡這樣說 · 1 部

• I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I was never able to believe it.Anne of Green Gables1985

同一詞條的短語

• be coming up roses
• put roses in cheeks
• a bed of roses
• come up of smelling of roses
• get a rise out of
• give rise to
• rise and shine
• gorge rises
• make hackles rise
• draw yourself up to your full height
• rise above
• rise to

諺語頻道里接下來

• be easier said than done
• better safe than sorry
• so far so good
• beggars can't be choosers
• time flies
• it's a small world
• don't judge a book by its cover
• no pain no gain
• better late than never
• enough is enough
• an eye for an eye
• birds of a feather