英语词汇a slice off the old ham的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	a slice off the old ham
词源	a slice off the old ham. Eugene O’Neill’s father, James, gave up a promising career as an actor for the financial security of playing the leading role in The Count of Monte Cristo, which he played more than 5,000 times. “A chip off the old block, eh?” Eugene said to him soon after he, too, had chosen the theater as a career. “Say, rather, a slice off the old ham,” James O’Neill replied.
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