英语词汇bedbug letter的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bedbug letter
词源	bedbug letter. According to an old story, a guest at a famous hotel was bitten by a bedbug one night and on returning home wrote a letter of complaint. He received an apologetic letter claiming that this had never happened before; however, the guest’s letter was enclosed, with the notation scrawled across the top: “Send him the bedbug letter.” Ever since, the expres- sion bedbug letter has meant a form letter apologizing for poor service or a defective product.
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