英语词汇mutton dressed as lamb的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	mutton dressed as lamb
词源	mutton dressed as lamb. An old expression describing old (or middle-aged) people trying to look or dress as if they were younger or richer. The allusion may be to a butcher dressing meat. The words seem to be 18th-century British in origin, like muttonhood, which meant “adulthood” a century ago and lamb, which meant a “virgin.”
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