Niobe

(noun.) (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss.

整理:泰丝

• Never was such wringing of hands and such overflowing of eyes, since the days of St Niobe, of whom Prior Aymer told us. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And if anything should happen-- Here poor Mrs. Vincy's spirit quite broke down, and her Niobe throat and good-humored face were sadly convulsed. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

录入:罗莎莉