英语词汇been down so long it looks like up to me的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	been down so long it looks like up to me
词源	been down so long it looks like up to me. This expression is the title of a book by the late Richard Fariña and still has cur- rency today. It dates back to the 1960s or before and is akin to several ancient phrases. For example, in 1590 one writer noted: “They verife the olde Proverb, Charles, which is, That such as were never but in Hell, doo thinke that there is no other Heaven.”
随便看	you you ain’t heard seen nothin’ yet you ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog you-all you are my sunshine you bet you betcha etc you better believe you can bet your bottom dollar you can play with my dog you can play with my wife but you’d better leave my gun alone you can run but you can’t hide you can say that again you can take it to the bank you can whistle for it you can’t cheat an honest man you can’t cod me you can’t con me you can’t have your cake and eat it too you can’t judge a book by its cover you can’t keep a squirrel on the ground you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow-s ear you can’t win ’em all you could have heard a pin drop you couldn’t detect my interest with a high-powered telescope

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