词汇 | belgian liquor |
词源 | Belgian liquor. A nasty French term for cesspool matter; at least in Gustave Flaubert’s Bouvard and Pécuchet (1881). In his novel Flaubert wrote: “Bouvard . . . became infatuated with fer- tilizer. Into his compost pits he piled boughs, blood, entrails, feathers—anything he could find. He used Belgian liquors, liq- uid manure, lye, smoked herring, seaweed, and old rags. In the midst of this stench, Bouvard smiled. To those who seemed disgusted he cried, ‘But it’s good! But it’s good!’” |
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