| 词汇 | robin hood-s barn |
| 词源 | Robin Hood’s barn. Places and plants named for Robin Hood abound all over Britain. To go all around Robin Hood’s barn means to wander in a roundabout way, to arrive at the right conclusion in this manner. Robin Hood, of course, had no barn, living in Sherwood Forest, and trying to get around a barn that wasn’t there was an apt description for early travelers lost in the woods. |
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