From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step



From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step.

Prov. Something grand can easily become very funny. Bob, I don't think you should include a bowl of breakfast cereal in your still-life painting. From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step. The production of Macbeth went from the sublime to the ridiculous when Lady Macbeth came onstage in an old army uniform.
See also: ridiculous, step, sublime

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anani-Biblical
Iacobus-Biblical Latin
Zenia['zi:niə]
CÉIbhfhionn-Irish Mythology
Zakhar-Russian
Harutohah-ṙoo-toJapanese