| 词汇 | even a worm will turn |
| 词源 | even a worm will turn. Even the weakest, most groveling person, the lowest of the low, will resist if pushed beyond a cer- tain limit. Cervantes coined the expression in Don Quixote (1605–15), the full quotation being: “Even a worm when trod upon, will turn again.” See worm. |
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