contrary to popular belief en · X
Meanings
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In opposition to what most laypeople would think is true.
I regularly have cause to recall a scene from a novel called Madder Music, by Peter de Vries, in which the main character, a writer who specialises in polo, hears a match announcer telling newcomers to the ground that, contrary to popular belief, the ball is struck with the side of the mallet, rather than the end.
2016 September 13, Tim Dowling, “Order force: the old grammar rule we all obey without realising”, in The Guardian:Contrary to popular belief, Columbus was not actually the first person to discover America.
Translations (6)
pt diferente do que muitos pensam (Translations) · tr zannedilenin aksine (Translations) · es contrario a/de la creencia popular (Translations) · tr yaygın inanışın aksine (Translations) · tr sanılanın aksine (Translations) · tr bilinenin aksine (Translations)