英语词汇lie like a tombstone的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	lie like a tombstone
词源	lie like a tombstone. Used to describe a great liar; the com- parison is with the tombstones of old, whose inscriptions often exaggerated the good qualities of those who lay beneath them.
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