英语词汇killed with by kindness的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	killed with by kindness
词源	killed with (by) kindness. Shakespeare recorded this ex- pression first in The Taming of the Shrew (1596) and Thomas Heywood later wrote a play A Woman Killed with Kindness (1603). The words, meaning to destroy or harm by excessive kindness, may be much older. There is a story that the Atheni- an lawmaker Draco, a popular man despite the stern draco- nian laws he imposed, was literally killed with kindness. While he was sitting in the theater at Aegina in about 590 b.c., other spectators hailed him by throwing their cloaks and caps in tribute. So many landed on Draco that he smothered to death.
随便看	donorcycle do-nothing congress don’t amount to a poot in a windstorm 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

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