King Duncan’s cloak, too wide for his murderous successor Macbeth. (Shakespeare  ) The feet of the two haughty stepsisters, too big (and bloody) to fit Cinderella’s tiny shoe, hence an obvious evidence of their wrong claim. (Brothers Grimm  ) Elizabeth Bennet’s look at the nude male sculptures in Darcy’s art gallery, cast much too long to conceal her sexual awakening. (Jane Austen  ) The proverbial “Qui s’excuse s’accuse”  referring to an apology offered too early, i.e.  untimely and not asked for, and thus revealing a bad conscience.
King Duncan’s cloak, too wide for his murderous successor Macbeth. (Shakespeare 's MacBeth ) The feet of the two haughty stepsisters, too big (and bloody) to fit Cinderella’s tiny shoe, hence an obvious evidence of their wrong claim. (Brothers Grimm 's "Cinderella and The Little Glass Slipper" ) Elizabeth Bennet’s look at the nude male sculptures in Darcy’s art gallery, cast much too long to conceal her sexual awakening. (Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice ) The proverbial “Qui s’excuse s’accuse” ("He who excuses himself accuses himself") referring to an apology offered too early, i.e. , untimely and not asked for, and thus revealing a bad conscience.
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's "Cinderella and The Little Glass Slipper"
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's Pride and Prejudice
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("He who excuses himself accuses himself")
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