will-o'-the-wisp in English
Pale blue light, the colour of Egewe's hair or a will-o'-the-wisp , filled the room.
- ignis fatuus
- friar's lanternignis fatuusjack-o'-lantern
Use "will-o-the-wisp" in a sentence
1. A will-o'-the-wisp caught Bink's nervous eye.
2. It burns as a will - o'- the - wisp , dancing onward to fairylands of delight.
3. With only a few hundred dollars on hand, travelling around the world is a will-o'-the-wisp.
4. Be not guided by the will-o'-the-wisp of policy, but by the pole-star of divine authority.
5. At some not too distant day, history surely will account him a will-o'-the-wisp, and file him away accordingly.
6. One bullet, however, better aimed or more treacherous than the rest, finally struck the will-o'-the-wisp of a child.
7. An on all sides one utter darkness of grave, occasionally have what time the will-o'-the-wisp flash across, and the all directionses all have the breeze of.
8. And broken chariot-wheels: so thick Bestrown, Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change.” For another example, see Milton’s comparison of Satan’s excitement (at deceiving Eve) to the “will o’ the wisp” (IX.633-642)