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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
How do we say it?
Hi! everyone.
Q1- Could you tell me,how do we say it in one or two words or as an idiom-:when a person finds a fault in some governments(or a persons) work and keeps criticizing that one bad work which government(or a person) has done and does not even take into consideration the hundred good works which government(or a person) has done and conclude that government (or a person) bad government?.
Q2- Could you give me some synonyms of this phrase "to find fault with something"?
Thanks!
Q1- Could you tell me,how do we say it in one or two words or as an idiom-:when a person finds a fault in some governments(or a persons) work and keeps criticizing that one bad work which government(or a person) has done and does not even take into consideration the hundred good works which government(or a person) has done and conclude that government (or a person) bad government?.
Q2- Could you give me some synonyms of this phrase "to find fault with something"?
Thanks!
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Hypercritical comes to my mind to describe a person who finds fault as you have described it.
- Hypercritical comes to my mind to describe a person who finds fault as you have described it.
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Hypercritical comes to my mind to describe a person who finds fault as you have described it.
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That's a tough one; I can't think of any English idiom for what you describe, but "having an AXE TO GRIND" seems a bit similar. wiktionary defines it as:
"To have a dispute, resentment, or grudge, sometimes with a disposition to act on that resentment covertly; to have a bias; to take issue with something".
"To have a dispute, resentment, or grudge, sometimes with a disposition to act on that resentment covertly; to have a bias; to take issue with something".
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Thanks! Philip and Kris for answering.
PhilipHypercritical comes to my mind to describe a person who finds fault as you have described it.Thanks!
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Hi,
I think you are looking for the idiom "see the glass as half empty". The kind of person you are describing is a
pessimist. A pessimist often prefers to see the glass as half empty, unlike an optimist who prefers to see the
glass as half full. When you see the glass as half empty, you perceive a situation to be bad rather than you
perceive it to be good. When you see the glass
I think you are looking for the idiom "see the glass as half empty". The kind of person you are describing is a
pessimist. A pessimist often prefers to see the glass as half empty, unlike an optimist who prefers to see the
glass as half full. When you see the glass as half empty, you perceive a situation to be bad rather than you
perceive it to be good. When you see the glass
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Thanks! Regards.You added a great help too.
Is pessimist also a person, who thinks of something for example about a present government to be bad because of its one bad work and does not consider governments many good works it has done?
Is pessimist also a person, who thinks of something for example about a present government to be bad because of its one bad work and does not consider governments many good works it has done?
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No. A pessimist is just a person who always assumes, or expects, things to turn out badly.
You're talking about some kind of bias. Whenever this person hears about a good thing that the government has done, he ignores it because of his bias; it doesn't fit with his preconceived ideas about the government. In a sense, he is BIGOTED against the government. This is different from pessimism, which
You're talking about some kind of bias. Whenever this person hears about a good thing that the government has done, he ignores it because of his bias; it doesn't fit with his preconceived ideas about the government. In a sense, he is BIGOTED against the government. This is different from pessimism, which
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silak12Q2- Could you give me some synonyms of this phrase "to find fault with something"?"to be nit-picky about something" but it's rather informal.
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