JEKYLL AND HYDE


Meaning of JEKYLL AND HYDE in English

Jek ‧ yll and Hyde /ˌdʒekəl ənd ˈhaɪd, ˌdʒekɪl ənd ˈhaɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , a story (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson about a man with a good character and an evil character ]

someone who is sometimes nice but at other times is unpleasant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.