英语词汇a two-legged animal without feathers的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	a two-legged animal without feathers
词源	a two-legged animal without feathers. A famous definition of mankind by Plato. It is said that the cynic Diogenes delivered a plucked cock to the academy, remarking, “Here is Plato’s man.” Plato, however, not to be outdone, added to his own defi- nition: “with broad flat nails.”
随便看	i swear i’ll kwill you it italian italian words in english italic type itch itching ears itchy trigger finger it didn’t jell it doesn’t go on all fours i throw a shoe at you it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle it might have been it must have been one of the nuts it rains on the just and unjust alike i trust it-s nothing trivial its it-s a great life if you don’t weaken it-s all in a day-s work it-s all over but the shouting it-s all worth it including the final crash it-s always the best swimmers that drown it-s a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but i think you’ll be amused by its presumptions it-s a new ball game it-s chess not checkers

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