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.
随便看	what will be will be wheatear wheat germ wheel wheelbarrow fashion wheeler dealer when a dog bites a man when chickens have teeth when hemp is spun england-s done when in doubt win the trick when in rome do as the romans do when it hits the fan when my ship comes in when one door shuts another opens when the cat-s away the mice will play when the cocqcigrues come when the going gets tough the tough get going when the rubber hits the road when the shit hits the fan when the world grows honest when two people ride a horse one must ride behind when you call me that smile when you seek revenge dig two graves—one for your enemy one for yourself where have all the flowers gone where-s the beef

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