| 词汇 | deaf as an adder |
| 词源 | deaf as an adder. The ancients believed that a serpent could protect itself against the music of snake charmers by holding one ear against the ground and sticking its tail in the other ear. This belief led to the expression deaf as an adder, first recorded in the biblical book of Psalms. |
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