英语词汇few and far between的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	few and far between
词源	few and far between. Scottish poet Thomas Campbell’s poem “The Pleasures of Hope” (1799) contains this line, as well as “distance lends enhancement to the view.” Few and far between is “Like angel-visits, few and far between” in the poem and is adapted from Robert Blair’s “Like angels’ visits, short and far between.” See also iberia’s pilot.
随便看	have his guts for garters havelock have one-s game shoes on have one-s heart in one-s throat have one-s innings have one-s number on it have other fish to fry haves and have-nots have someone-s number have the edge have the goods on have the inside track have the luck of hiram smith have the world by the tail have to see a man about a dog have words with someone haw hawaii hawaiian words in english hawk hawkeye state hawkweed hay is for horses hayism haymaker

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