英语词汇still as a stone的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	still as a stone
词源	still as a stone. Just as he probably originated busy as a bee. Chaucer probably coined the classic alliterative phrase still as a stone, which later became the Shakespearian stone still: “I will not struggle; I will stand stone-still”—King John. At least both expressions are first recorded in his work.
随便看	make no bones about it make one-s gorge rise make one-s hair stand on end make one-s mouth water make the feathers fly make the grade make the horn make things hum make waves a good skate agoraphobia agouti a grave man agree to disagree agricultural ant agronomist aha a hard day-s work makes a soft bed ahimsa ahoy a hundred of these days ah your father-s mustache aids ain’t ain’t fittin’ to roll with a pig

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