英语词汇x marks the spot的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	x marks the spot
词源	X marks the spot. Now a catchphrase applied to any triviality, X marks the spot began life as a common caption under crime photographs in newspapers indicating the exact spot where the murder, etc., occurred. The expression dates back to England early in this century.
随便看	here lies one whose name was writ in water here-s lookin’ at you kid here-s mud in your eye here-s to swimmin’ with bowlegged wimmin here today gone tomorrow hermannia hermaphrodite hermes hermetically sealed hermia hermit-s derby hernia hero heroin hero of new orleans hero sandwich herring-choker herself herstory hertz he-s a poet but don’t know it old stamping grounds old tar old too soon smart too late oligopsony

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