词汇 | ben trovato |
词源 | Ben Trovato. Ben Trovato comes from the Italian phrase Se non e vero, e ben trovato (“If it is not true, it is well invented”), so it has often been used humorously as the authority for a good story that really isn’t true—ben trovato, in other words, has over the years become the quoted scholar Ben Trovato. Every effort has been made to bar Ben Trovato from these pag- es, but in a work of this size it is impossible to be sure that he hasn’t sneaked in somewhere. What can be promised is that if old Benjamin is anywhere on the premises, he’ll certainly be spinning a good yarn. |
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