| 词汇 | -simmon |
| 词源 | ’simmon. A shortening of persimmon. Simmon and persim- mon figure in many old American proverbs: “The longest pole takes the ’simmons”; “We all come down like ’simmons after frost”; “To be a huckleberry over someone’s persimmon” (to be beyond someone’s capacity); “To bring down the persimmons” (to win the prize). |
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