英语词汇man of few words的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	man of few words
词源	man of few words. Shakespeare wrote that “men of few words are the best men.” This expression for a laconic, taciturn person who is often “a man of action” was born several centuries be- fore the Bard, however, being first recorded in about 1450.
随便看	as drunk as david-s sow as easy as shaking the drops off your john a serpent in one-s bosom as every schoolboy knows a shag on a rock ashes a shrimp short of a barbie asiatic hordes ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country a slice off the old ham as long as grass grows and water runs as mad as ajax as maine goes so goes the nation a small cup of tea as much chance as a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest as one man a son of a bitch-s son of a bitch a sorry sight asparagus aspasia aspen asphodel aspic

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