英语词汇mistress of the night的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	mistress of the night
词源	Mistress of the Night. Not a fabled courtesan but a flower. The tuberose (Polianthes tuberose) in the ancient “language of flowers” signifies “the pleasures of love.” Because the strongest fragrance of their highly fragrant white flowers is released after sundown, it is called the “Mistress of the Night.”
随便看	the penny drops the perfect word the peter principle the philippines the pits the plot thickens the popgun plot the powers that be the queen the quip modest the race is not to the swift the rat the cat and lovell the dog therblig there ain’t no horse that can’t be rode / there ain’t no man that can’t be throwed there are no atheists in foxholes there but for the grace of god goes god there but for the grace of god go i thereby hangs a tale the red one there-s a one-eyed man in the game there-s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it there-s a sucker born every minute there-s many a slip twixt between cup and lip there-s no love lost between them there-s no there there

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