英语词汇spoiled priest的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spoiled priest
词源	spoiled priest. Spoiled priest has been used so often in mod- ern literature to mean someone who has failed to live up to the standard expected of him that it probably does mean that by now. But the 19th-century term originally meant a priesthood candidate who failed to take his vows.
随便看	thank-ye-ma’am thank you thank your lucky stars that and a nickel will buy or get you a cup of coffee that damned cowboy that dog don’t hunt that gets me that guy that rings the bell that-s a doozy that-s a good one that-s a hell of a note that-s all folks that-s all she wrote that-s a no-no that-s george that-s how the cow ate the cabbage that-s life that-s not writing that-s typing that-s really gross that-s show biz that-s that that-s the ball game that-s the way it goes that-s the way the ball bounces

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