See protest too much on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Shortened from the lady doth protest too much.",
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"To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying."
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"(idiomatic) To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "insist on something",
"word": "此地無銀三百兩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cǐdì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng",
"sense": "insist on something",
"word": "此地无银三百两"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "insist on something",
"word": "vakuutella liikaa"
}
],
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"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
]
}
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "insist on something",
"word": "此地無銀三百兩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cǐdì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng",
"sense": "insist on something",
"word": "此地无银三百两"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "insist on something",
"word": "vakuutella liikaa"
}
],
"word": "protest too much"
}
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