英语词汇o henry redux的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	o henry redux
词源	O. Henry redux. Another story about the O. Henry pen name claims that the author was imprisoned for embezzlement and was employed in the prison pharmacy. There he used the medi- cal reference work U.S. Dispensatory, which listed in its pages the name of French pharmacist Étienne-Ossian Henry. From this name he took the pseudonym O. Henry that he used to conceal his true identity when he began writing his first stories.
随便看	don’t like the cut of his jib don’t look a gift horse in the mouth don’t look back something might be gaining on you don’t look now don’t make two bites of a cherry don’t play games with me don’t poke one-s nose into it don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today don’t say it if you can grunt it don’t sell the steak sell the sizzle don’t stick your neck out don’t take any wooden nickels don’t that take the rag off the bush don’t want to pick up that snake now don’t wash your dirty linen in public don’t write it if you can say it doodlebug doo-doo doofus doolally dooley doolittle do’d it doorbuster doornail doo-wop

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