英语词汇dine with duke humphrey的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

dine with Duke Humphrey. It was popularly believed in days of yore that Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (1391–1447), a man noted for his hospitality, was buried in London’s old St. Paul’s Cathedral. For many years after his death those poor who remained in the cathedral during dinner hours, or those debtors afraid to leave the sanctuary for fear of imprisonment, were said to be dining with Duke Humphrey. Although the good duke had actually been buried at St. Albans, the expres- sion to dine with Duke Humphrey remained linked with St. Paul’s and came to mean to go without any dinner at all. It is now solely a literary expression, often found in the novels of Dickens and other great English authors.

词汇	dine with duke humphrey
词源	dine with Duke Humphrey. It was popularly believed in days of yore that Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (1391–1447), a man noted for his hospitality, was buried in London’s old St. Paul’s Cathedral. For many years after his death those poor who remained in the cathedral during dinner hours, or those debtors afraid to leave the sanctuary for fear of imprisonment, were said to be dining with Duke Humphrey. Although the good duke had actually been buried at St. Albans, the expres- sion to dine with Duke Humphrey remained linked with St. Paul’s and came to mean to go without any dinner at all. It is now solely a literary expression, often found in the novels of Dickens and other great English authors.
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