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Convert's zeal
0 Can anybody tell me what exactly "a convert's zeal" or "zeal of a convert" mean? 02 br
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0 Someone who has been converted -- who didn't used to believe a certain way, but who became convinced that this new way is correct/better -- has a very strong belief in this new thing. 02 br 02 br 00 The belief of someone who recently converted is probably stronger (at least for a while) than someone who has thought this wasy for a long time. 0-
- 0 Someone who has been converted -- who didn't used to believe a certain way, but who became convinced that this new way is correct/better -- has a very strong belief in this new thing.
- 02 br 02 br 00 The belief of someone who recently converted is probably stronger (at least for a while) than someone who has thought this wasy for a long time.
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0 Someone who has been converted -- who didn't used to believe a certain way, but who became convinced that this new way is correct/better -- has a very strong belief in this new thing. 02 br
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00 The belief of someone who recently converted is probably stronger (at least for a while) than someone who has thought this wasy for a long time. So "a convert's zeal" means the enth
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00 The belief of someone who recently converted is probably stronger (at least for a while) than someone who has thought this wasy for a long time. So "a convert's zeal" means the enth
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0 Thanks! 02 br
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00 I saw this expression several times in newspapers' headlines but none of many dictionaries I consulted had it explained. Does this come from old litterature or historical event? 02 br
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00 I saw this expression several times in newspapers' headlines but none of many dictionaries I consulted had it explained. Does this come from old litterature or historical event? 02 br
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0 I guess it's just cultural. There's an expression "There's no convert like a new convert" that means the same thing. 02 br
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00 Now there is also an expression that is based in tragedy but used lightly now about "drinking the Kool-Aid." It's from a terrible thing that happened when many followers of some cult figure all drank a sweet punch (Kool-Aid) that has poison in it,
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00 Now there is also an expression that is based in tragedy but used lightly now about "drinking the Kool-Aid." It's from a terrible thing that happened when many followers of some cult figure all drank a sweet punch (Kool-Aid) that has poison in it,
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