| 词汇 | golden floor |
| 词源 | golden floor. A Victorian term for the floor of heaven, where all good folk go. When British poet A. E. Housman (1859– 1936) lay dying, a friend tried to cheer him up by telling him a risqué tale. “Yes, that’s a good one,” Housman said when he fin- ished, “and tomorrow I’ll be telling it on the Golden Floor.” |
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