英语词汇sunday best的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sunday best
词源	Sunday best; Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes; Sunday face. Sunday best refers to a person’s best clothes, those reserved for going to church. The term is still common over a century after it was first recorded in 1849. A humorous version of the phrase is Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, first recorded in 1831. Sunday face means “a sanctimonious expression,” the term, if not the expression, all but obsolete.
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