英语词汇age before beauty的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

age before beauty. There has been some controversy about this expression, which originated in 19th-century England. One story tells us that Clare Boothe Brokaw, who later became Clare Boothe Luce, had joined the staff of Vanity Fair and en- countered Dorothy Parker in the lobby one morning. “Age be- fore beauty,” said the sharp-tongued Clare, holding the door open. “Pearls before swine,” the sharper-tongued Dorothy Parker said, entering first. Clare Boothe Luce later denied this story, and a similar quip was used in one of Alexander Wooll- cott’s pieces, but it has nevertheless become part of the Parker legend. Recalled Mrs. Robert Benchley in a biography of her husband: “I was right there, the time in the Algonquin, when some little chorus girl and Dottie were going into the dining room and the girl stepped back and said, ‘Age before beauty,’ and Dottie said very quickly, ‘Pearls before swine.’ I was right there when she said it.” This last is probably the correct version of the story.

词汇	age before beauty
词源	age before beauty. There has been some controversy about this expression, which originated in 19th-century England. One story tells us that Clare Boothe Brokaw, who later became Clare Boothe Luce, had joined the staff of Vanity Fair and en- countered Dorothy Parker in the lobby one morning. “Age be- fore beauty,” said the sharp-tongued Clare, holding the door open. “Pearls before swine,” the sharper-tongued Dorothy Parker said, entering first. Clare Boothe Luce later denied this story, and a similar quip was used in one of Alexander Wooll- cott’s pieces, but it has nevertheless become part of the Parker legend. Recalled Mrs. Robert Benchley in a biography of her husband: “I was right there, the time in the Algonquin, when some little chorus girl and Dottie were going into the dining room and the girl stepped back and said, ‘Age before beauty,’ and Dottie said very quickly, ‘Pearls before swine.’ I was right there when she said it.” This last is probably the correct version of the story.
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