英语词汇deaf as an adder的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

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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