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doubting Thomas
noun
- a person who insists on proof before he will believe anything; sceptic
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of doubting Thomas1
Idioms and Phrases
One who is habitually doubtful. For example, He was a doubting Thomas about the coming merger, not believing it would ever happen . The term alludes to the disciple Thomas, who doubted Jesus's resurrection until he had first-hand evidence of it (John 20:24鈥29).Example Sentences
His contemporaries may have been interested in the biblical lesson of the doubting Thomas, but we are attracted to Thomas鈥檚 uncertainty, which we read, in some way, as the painter鈥檚 own.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 right,鈥 Bull said seriously, 鈥測ou have done a lot of drinking. I guess I鈥檓 just the old doubting Thomas. For a minute I didn鈥檛 think you knew what you were talking about.鈥
When Gill climbs to a high A on the piano ballad 鈥淲hen My Amy Prays,鈥 the transcendent moment might give even a doubting Thomas goosebumps.
And just so you know: Bajaj says he鈥檚 friends now with the doubting Thomases who wouldn鈥檛 make room for him way back when.
You have seen and believed, the risen Jesus told a doubting Thomas, but blessed are they who have not seen and yet still believe.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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