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methinks the lady doth protest too much

methinks the lady doth protest too much is the alternative form of the lady doth protest too much.

Meaning of the lady doth protest too much

Phrase

the lady doth protest too much

  1. It is suspected that, because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite of what they're saying must be true.
    • In all Penelope's devotion to her husband there is an ever present sense that the lady doth protest too much.1897, Samuel Butler, The Authoress of the Odyssey

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Methinks the lady doth protest too much is the alternative form of the lady doth protest too much.

Words near methinks the lady doth protest too much in the dictionary

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