| 词汇 | right as a trivet |
| 词源 | right as a trivet. Excellent, perfect. An old tale says trivet is a pronunciation of Truefit, the name of a London wigmaker whose wigs were perfect. But the facts do not bear this out. Originally, the phrase was steady as a trivet and referred to the fact that three-legged trivets or tripods stand firm on almost any surface. Today a trivet is a small metal plate with short legs often put under a hot dish to protect a table. |
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