| 词汇 | eating rat |
| 词源 | eating rat. During the siege of Paris in 1871, when Prussian troops besieged the city for 135 days, Frenchmen ate labeled rat meat sold at the rat market in the Place de l’Hotel, the rodents costing three francs apiece (as compared to 10 francs for cats). To Parisians who survived the terrible siege, having “eaten rat” became the symbol of their greatest humiliation. |
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