英语词汇archy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	archy
词源	archy. Perhaps the only and certainly the most humorous cockroach in American literature. He was invented by satirist Don Marquis (1878–1937) for the author’s newspaper columns, along with archy’s friend mehitabel the cat, both of their names uncapitalized. The inspired cockroach writes free verse because he can’t work a typewriter shift key. The cat’s motto is toujours gai, “always gay, merry.” Their adventures were first collected in 1927. See cockroach.
随便看	you can’t have your cake and eat it too you can’t judge a book by its cover you can’t keep a squirrel on the ground you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow-s ear you can’t win ’em all you could have heard a pin drop you couldn’t detect my interest with a high-powered telescope you don’t have money give yourself volunteer you don’t want to go there you furnish the pictures and i’ll furnish the war you gotta believe you have money give money you have the words but you don’t have the music you know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch you might as well appeal against the thunderstorm you never miss the water till the well runs dry youngberry young folk of the pear garden young in at heart young turk young whippersnapper you pays your money and you take your choice your all-s your epitaph

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