| 词源 |
you have the words, but you don’t have the music. You don’t have the essence of something. The phrase can be traced back to Mark Twain. In a foul mood one morning and unable to find a clean shirt fit to wear, he unleashed a string of expletives only he could have strung together. His wife, Livy, standing in the doorway, decided to teach him a lesson and slowly repeated each curse he had uttered. But when she was done, Twain sim- ply sighed and said, “My dear, you have the words, but you don’t have the music.” |