| 词汇 | corn in egypt |
| 词源 | corn in Egypt. An expression that has come to mean any- thing that can be purchased relatively cheaply in abundance. The Bible is the origin of the expression (Gen. 42:2): “And he said, behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; get you down hither, and buy us from thence; that we may live, and not die.” |
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