"the lady doth protest too much" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "An allusion to Shakespeare's Hamlet, where the line is spoken by Queen Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. In the play, \"protest\" is used to mean \"insist that what one is saying is true\" (in this case, the Player Queen's protestations of love), not \"insist that what another is saying is false.\"",
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          "word": "protest too much"
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          "word": "the lady doth protest too much, methinks"
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          "word": "methinks the lady doth protest too much"
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        {
          "word": "methinks thou dost protest too much"
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        {
          "alt": "as-sayyida(t) taʕtariḍu ʔakṯar min al-lāzim",
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          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "السَّيِّدَة تَعْتَرِضُ أَكْثَر مِن اللَّازِم"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "此地無銀三百兩"
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          "roman": "cǐdì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "此地无银三百两"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "欲蓋彌彰"
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          "roman": "yùgàimízhāng",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "欲盖弥彰"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "hän vakuutteli mielestäni liiaksi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "se koira älähtää, johon kalikka kalahtaa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "la dame proteste un peu trop"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "rosmas moito culpa tes"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "gallina che canta ha fatto l'uovo"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "a senhora protesta muito"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ledi dejstvitelʹno sliškom mnogo vystupajet.",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "леди действительно слишком много выступает."
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "la dama protesta mucho"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
          "word": "yr euog a ffy heb neb yn ei erlid"
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  "word": "the lady doth protest too much"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "protest too much"
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  "etymology_text": "An allusion to Shakespeare's Hamlet, where the line is spoken by Queen Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. In the play, \"protest\" is used to mean \"insist that what one is saying is true\" (in this case, the Player Queen's protestations of love), not \"insist that what another is saying is false.\"",
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      "word": "the lady doth protest too much, methinks"
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      "word": "methinks the lady doth protest too much"
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      "word": "methinks thou dost protest too much"
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      "alt": "as-sayyida(t) taʕtariḍu ʔakṯar min al-lāzim",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "السَّيِّدَة تَعْتَرِضُ أَكْثَر مِن اللَّازِم"
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      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "此地無銀三百兩"
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      "roman": "cǐdì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "此地无银三百两"
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      "word": "欲蓋彌彰"
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      "roman": "yùgàimízhāng",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "欲盖弥彰"
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      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "hän vakuutteli mielestäni liiaksi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "se koira älähtää, johon kalikka kalahtaa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "la dame proteste un peu trop"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "rosmas moito culpa tes"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "gallina che canta ha fatto l'uovo"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "a senhora protesta muito"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ledi dejstvitelʹno sliškom mnogo vystupajet.",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "леди действительно слишком много выступает."
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "la dama protesta mucho"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true",
      "word": "yr euog a ffy heb neb yn ei erlid"
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  "word": "the lady doth protest too much"
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