| 词汇 | shotten herring |
| 词源 | shotten herring. Since Shakespeare’s time worthless or spir- itless persons have been called shotten herring because they re- semble such fish. Shotten herring are herring that have “shot off,” or ejected, their spawn and are weak, tired, and worthless. |
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