英语词汇every man has his price的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

every man has his price. Some cynic other than Sir Robert Walpole coined this phrase. The British prime minister said something entirely different and referred only to corrupt mem- bers of Parliament, according to William Coxe in his Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole (1798). Wrote Coxe of Sir Robert: “Flow- ery oratory he despised. He ascribed to the interested view of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended pa- triots, of whom he said, ‘All those men have their price.’ ”

词汇	every man has his price
词源	every man has his price. Some cynic other than Sir Robert Walpole coined this phrase. The British prime minister said something entirely different and referred only to corrupt mem- bers of Parliament, according to William Coxe in his Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole (1798). Wrote Coxe of Sir Robert: “Flow- ery oratory he despised. He ascribed to the interested view of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended pa- triots, of whom he said, ‘All those men have their price.’ ”
随便看	megillah mein kampf melba toast melbourne melons meltdown melting pot melungeon memento mori memphis memsahib men mendelevium mendel-s law menhaden mennonites menorah men seldom make passes / at girls who wear glasses menshevik mentor men with beards meow mercator-s projection mercedes-benz mercerize