英语词汇die for the want of lobster sauce的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	die for the want of lobster sauce
词源	die for the want of lobster sauce. Vatel, the chef of the French prince de Condé, is said to have killed himself because the lobsters (or fish) he needed for a sauce he was preparing for Louis XIV didn’t arrive on time. Thus, to die for the want of lob- ster sauce is said of someone who suffers greatly because of some small disappointment.
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