| 词汇 | wives and mistresses |
| 词源 | wives and mistresses. When a friend implored Anton Chek- hov to drop medicine and devote all his time to writing, Dr. Chekhov piquantly replied, “Medicine is my lawful wife and lit- erature is my mistress. When I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.” |
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