| 词汇 | mealy-mouthed |
| 词源 | mealy-mouthed. Mealy-mouthed for someone who doesn’t speak directly or simply on an issue may derive from the Ger- man expression Mehl im Maule behalten, “to carry meal in the mouth, be indirect in speech.” In any case, it is first recorded in the works of Martin Luther, who wasn’t at all mealy-mouthed. |
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