英语词汇stiff-necked的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	stiff-necked
词源	stiff-necked. Obstinate, stubborn. The allusion here is to a horse that refuses to respond to the reins. The expression is re- corded in the Bible (Jer. 17:23): “They obeyed not, but made their necks stiff.” This refers to Jerusalemites dishonoring the Sabbath, but, according to Professor Howard Marblestone, “The better-known use appears in Exodus 32:9 (and other plac- es) when God condemns the Israelites for being ‘a stiff-necked people’ of little faith, who followed Aaron in making the golden calf.”
随便看	ixion-s wheel ixnay ixtacihuatl izvestia i’d rather dine with jack ketch i’d rather not go there i’d sooner sleep in the pasture and pick corn out of horsedroppings i’d sooner vote for the devil i’ll be there with bells on i’ll drink all the blood that is spilled between north and south i’ll gladly trade 11 years of ‘then’ for seven years of ‘now’ i’ll have a steak and the man on the left i’ll take my davy of it i’ll tell you what i’m gonna do i’m a cranky old yank in a clanky old tank on the streets of yokahama with my honolulu mama doin’ those beat-o flat-on-my-seat-o hirohito blues i’m a curly-tailed wolf with a pink ass and this is my night to howl i’m all right jack i’m as mad as hell and i’m not gonna take this anymore i’m from missouri i’ve got a stone in my shoe i’ve got to see a man about a dog i ♥ new york j jabberwocky jabon

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