英语词汇xyz的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	xyz
词源	X.Y.Z. There’s a story that back in the late 19th century a writer using the pseudonym X.Y.Z. frequently advertised in the Times of London offering to do any kind of literary work for low wages. As a result his pen name became synonymous for “a hack of all work.”
随便看	like a shot out of hell like father like son like grand central station like herding cats like in macy-s window like it or lump it like lemmings like looking for maidenheads like pigs in clover like poundin’ sand in a rat hole like rats deserting a sinking ship like the curate-s egg like trying to find flea shit in a pile of pepper like trying to nail jell-o to a tree likker’ll make you not know your momma lilacs lillian russell lilliputian lilt lily-livered lily marleen lima beans limb limburger limburger cheese

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