| 词汇 | barkis is willin’ |
| 词源 | Barkis is willin’. In Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield (1849–50) the eponymous hero takes a message from the carri- er Barkis to his (David’s) nurse, Clara Peggotty, telling her that Barkis is ready to marry her. The message, “Barkis is willin’,” has over the years become proverbial for any willingness or consent. |
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