the fall

1.慣用語

釋義

in the Bible, the moment after Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit and God drives them from Eden

例句

Father Mateo gave a sermon about the Fall and its meaning for believers today.

the Fall as subject of religious teaching

In her theology essay, Esther wrote three pages on the Fall and the idea of original sin.

the Fall paired with theological concepts

同義詞

Always written with a capital F — "the Fall" — to mark it as the specific biblical event and distinguish it from ordinary falling.

❌He had a bad the fall and broke his arm.

✅He had a bad fall and broke his arm.

💡Don't use 'the fall' for ordinary falling; it refers specifically to the biblical event.

the fall — idiom