英语词汇a sorry sight的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	a sorry sight
词源	a sorry sight. Any sad, miserable, terrible, pitiable sight, quite the opposite of a sight for sore eyes. The phrase is first recorded in Macbeth (1606) and possibly was coined by Shakespeare.
随便看	make a mountain out of a molehill make a pig-s ear of make a scene make bricks without straw make ends meet make fur fly make good make hay while the sun shines make him an offer he can’t refuse make love make me a child again just for tonight make my day make no bones about it make one-s gorge rise make one-s hair stand on end make one-s mouth water make the feathers fly make the grade make the horn make things hum make waves a good skate agoraphobia agouti a grave man

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