HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD

Meaning of HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD in English

v. phr. , literary To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is ashamed. Alice heaped coals of fire on Mary's head by inviting her to a party after Mary had gossiped about her. Jean Valjean stole the Bishop's silver, but the Bishop heaped coals of fire on his head by giving the silver to him.

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HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD — v. pay back evil with good as to have one's enemy feel guilt and regret past actions
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HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is …
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HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD — {v. phr.}, {literary} To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
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HEAP — I. ˈhēp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English heep, hepe, from Old English hēap; akin to Old High German …
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COALS — plural of coal present third singular of coal
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAP — (v. t.) To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; …
Английский словарь Webster
HEAP — ( v. t. ) To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAP — — heaper , n. — heapy , adj. /heep/ , n. 1. a group of things placed, thrown, or lying …
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HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
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FIRE — — firer , n. /fuyeur/ , n. , v. , fired, firing . n. 1. a state, process, or instance …
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ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEAP — I. ˈhēp noun Etymology: Middle English heep, from Old English hēap; akin to Old High German houf heap Date: before …
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FIRE — I. ˈfi(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fȳr; akin to Old High German fiur fire, …
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HEAP — noun a crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. 2. heap ·noun a great number or large …
Webster English vocab
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FIRE — vt to drive by fire. 2. fire ·vt to cauterize. 3. fire ·vi to be irritated or inflamed with passion. …
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HEAP — [heap] n [ME heep, fr. OE heap; akin to OHG houf heap] (bef. 12c) 1: a collection of things thrown …
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FIRE — [fire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE fyr; akin to OHG fiur fire, Gk pyr] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): …
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FIRE — fire BrE AmE ˈfa ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈfaɪ‿ ə r ▷ fire|d d ▷ firing ˈfa ɪ ‿ər ɪŋ AmE …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAP — / hiːp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. heap (of sth) an untidy pile of sth : The …
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FIRE — / ˈfaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun STH BURNING 1. [ U ] the flames, light and heat, …
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ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
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HEAP — I. heap 1 /hiːp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . a large untidy pile of …
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ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAP — n. & v. --n. 1 a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another. 2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a …
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAP — n. & v. n. 1 a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another. 2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a …
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
HEAP — n. & v. --n. 1. a collection of things lying haphazardly one on another. 2 (esp. in pl.) colloq. a …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
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FIRE — I. BURNING, HEAT, OR ENTHUSIASM /faɪə(r)/ ( fires, firing, fired) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
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ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
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HEAP — ( heaps, heaping, heaped) 1. A heap of things is a pile of them, especially a pile arranged in a …
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HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAP — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES compost heap consign sb/sth to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc British English ▪ Many older …
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FIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb/fire/terrorist etc alert ▪ a full-scale flood alert a devastating flood/fire/earthquake etc ▪ …
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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FIRE — INDEX: 1. a fire that damages a building, forest, etc 2. a fire for making you warm, for cooking, or …
Longman Activator English vocab
HEAP — 1. < programming > An area of memory used for dynamic memory allocation where blocks of memory are allocated and …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
HEAP — n. 1 collection, pile, mound, stack, accumulation, aggregation, agglomeration, congeries, conglomeration, hoard, mass, store, mountain, stockpile, supply, Colloq US and …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIRE — n. 1 flame(s), blaze; conflagration, holocaust, inferno We gathered round the roaring fire 2 feeling, passion, ardour, ardency, fervour, fervency, …
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FIRE — See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, …
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