| 词汇 | an iliad of woes |
| 词源 | an Iliad of woes. This old expression was used in a similar form by the ancient Greeks. It refers, of course, to the myriad human woes mentioned in Homer’s Iliad, which ignores virtu- ally no calamity that can befall humankind. |
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