英语词汇good fences make good neighbors的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	good fences make good neighbors
词源	good fences make good neighbors. The proverbial expres- sion originated in the mid-17th century, but in the U.S. it has become associated with poet Robert Frost, who used it in “Mending Wall” (1914), which also gives us, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.”
随便看	sterling stet stetson stevedore stevengraph stew stewed as a fresh boiled owl stickball stick in one-s craw stick in the mud stick it in your ear stickler stick to one-s guns stick your neck out sticky wicket stiff stiffing the world stiff-necked stiff upper lip st ignatius-s bean still another chicken joke still as a stone still corners still have some snap left in one-s garters still waters run deep

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