英语词汇all this for a song的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	all this for a song
词源	all this for a song. The phrase, reflecting an often prevalent attitude toward poetry, was spoken by William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, England’s Lord Treasurer under Queen Elizabeth, when the Queen ordered him to give 100 pounds to Edmund Spenser as a royal gratuity for writing The Faerie Queene. Bur- leigh was later satirized in Richard Sheridan’s The Critic, in which he comes onstage but never talks, just nodding because he is much too busy with affairs of state to do more. This in- spired the expression Burleigh’s nod and as significant as a shake of Burleigh’s head.
随便看	don’t blow a gasket don’t bogart that joint don’t change horses in midstream don’t come the acid don’t count on rain when it-s needed ‘til it-s floatin’ chips up around your belly button don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched don’t do anything i wouldn’t do don’t even think about it don’t fence me in don’t fix it if it-s not broke don’t get your bowels in an uproar don’t get your knickers in a twist don’t give a rap don’t give holy things to hounds don’t give up the ship don’t go shootin’ all the dogs ’cause one has fleas don’t go to the bad for the shadow of an ass don’t have a clue don’t hurry hopkins don’t know him from adam don’t let money burn a hole in your pocket don’t like the cut of his jib don’t look a gift horse in the mouth don’t look back something might be gaining on you don’t look now

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