英语词汇niminy-piminy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	niminy-piminy
词源	niminy-piminy. Affectedly delicate or refined. Apparently the rhyming compound was coined by (General) John (Gentle- man Johnny) Burgoyne in his The Heiress (1786), when Lady Emily instructs the vulgar Miss Alscrip stand in front of a mir- ror and keep pronouncing mimini-pimini to give a pretty form to the lips. In Little Dorrit (1855–57) Dickens had Amy do the same with papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism.
随便看	wheel wheelbarrow fashion wheeler dealer when a dog bites a man when chickens have teeth when hemp is spun england-s done when in doubt win the trick when in rome do as the romans do when it hits the fan when my ship comes in when one door shuts another opens when the cat-s away the mice will play when the cocqcigrues come when the going gets tough the tough get going when the rubber hits the road when the shit hits the fan when the world grows honest when two people ride a horse one must ride behind when you call me that smile when you seek revenge dig two graves—one for your enemy one for yourself where have all the flowers gone where-s the beef where-s the fire where-s the rest of me where the hoot owl hollers at noon

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