英语词汇green book的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	green book
词源	Green Book. The Green Book, with its 6,000 entries, is “The Social List of Washington, D.C.,” encompassing “socially ac- ceptable” Washington and official Washington, there being quite a distinction between the two. It was begun by Helen Ray Hagner in 1930 and is run by her granddaughter today. To get in it one has to be recommended by two people already there and approved by an anonymous board of governors. The book also serves as an arbiter of protocol.
随便看	take out take the bull by the horns take the cake take the long count take the rag off the bush take the scales from your eyes take the stone out of my shoe take the waters take the wind out of one-s sails take to journalism and strong drink take to the cleaners take to the hustings take to the tall timber take under one-s wing take with a grain of salt taking a first taking the westbound talent does what it can tale teller taliacotian operation talk a blue streak talk dollars talkie talking water river talk the talk walk the walk

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