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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfrom the sublime to the ridiculousfrom the sublime to the ridiculousSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLEused to say that a serious and important thing or event is being followed by something very silly, unimportant, or bad → sublime
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from the sublime to the ridiculous• After due consideration she decided to go from the sublime to the ridiculous.• Chelsea's capacity for lurching from the sublime to the ridiculous is a tradition.• Constructed layer by layer, Ostrowski's canvases range from the sublime to the ridiculous, presenting many paradoxes in the process.• His paintings range from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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