英语词汇balderdash的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	balderdash
词源	balderdash. Nonsense, a senseless jumble of words or ideas. Balderdash is still another word for which no one knows the origin. First recorded in the late 16th century, it meant a light frothy liquid, then came to mean incongruous liquids, such as beer and milk mixed together, and finally took its modern meaning. The Danish balder, “noise, clatter,” has been suggested as its parent, but this derivation is doubtful at best.
随便看	nostradamus not a dry seat in the house not all there no taxation without representation not by a long shot not by bread alone notch not dry behind the ears no-tel motel not for love or money nothing in excess nothing is certain but death and taxes nothing like it to keep your ears pink nothing on the ball nothing to fear but fear itself no tickee no washee not in the same league with not just another pretty face notre pierre not right not so hot not the only pebble on the beach not to be sneezed at not to care a straw not to get the bat off one-s shoulder

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