英语词汇two lamps burning and no ship at sea的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	two lamps burning and no ship at sea
词源	two lamps burning and no ship at sea. A foolishly extrava- gant person. Someone with ships at sea in the days of sail was rich and could afford to burn two expensive oil lamps. Anyone else who burned two lamps was likely a fool.
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