英语词汇queen-s weather的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	queen-s weather
词源	queen’s weather. Queen Victoria was fortunate in having good weather most of the times she appeared in public. Her good luck led to the British expression queen’s weather, for “a fine day for a public occasion, an outing, a party, etc.” First re- corded in 1899, the phrase is probably 20 years or so older.
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