| 词汇 | war will be over by christmas |
| 词源 | war will be over by Christmas. An expression—which al- ways comes in the form of a rumor around Christmas time— that has been heard by U.S. troops in every war from the Civil War (1861–65) to the present. In no war have the words ever been true. |
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