| 词汇 | brown as a berry |
| 词源 | brown as a berry. The first expression was used by Chaucer in 1386: “His palfrey [small saddle horse] was as broune as is a bery.” Though most berries aren’t brown, the reference is possi- bly to brown berries like those of the juniper or cedar. |
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