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hobgoblin ['hɒbgɒblin]

n. 妖怪, 幽灵

hobgoblin

[ noun ]

(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

<noun.person>

an object of dread or apprehension

<noun.cognition>

Germany was always a bugbear for France

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds

Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and {Goblin}.]
A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly
given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.

And it doesn't help any that the ad is accompanied by various quotes from philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, among them, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

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